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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Virginia 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $562 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$389 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$288 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $52 to $2,512Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $316 to $794
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $562professional $468

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
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,884.03
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,754.23
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
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
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$468

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.