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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 78227

A small amount of radioactive tracer is injected and tracked as it moves through the liver, bile ducts, and gallbladder, and a medication is given during the scan to stimulate the gallbladder so its ability to contract and empty can be measured. It helps evaluate gallbladder function or a possible blockage in the bile ducts.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication cost?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $437 to $933.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,175
$500$1Kprofessional $661

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$794.33
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$691.83

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

South Dakota· 10th of 51

$661

WY $1,445FL $339

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.