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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 July 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $617.

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 $468 · 10th to 90th $355 to $759
$50$200$1K$5Kprofessional $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
$37.15
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$54.95
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$56.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,951.21
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
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 27th 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.