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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Utah 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $324 to $589.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $63 to $759
$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $468

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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,949.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$549.54
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 30th of 51

$468

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.