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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 October 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication cost?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $891.

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

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,318Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,259
$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,311.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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· 17th of 51

$617

AK $1,349TX $363

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.