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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Tennessee 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $490.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $355 to $832
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $407

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
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$588.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$776.25

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 42nd of 51

$407

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.