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Gallbladder Function Scan With Stimulating Medication

Vermont 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $479 to $603.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $479 to $741
$500$1Kprofessional $479

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 22nd of 51

$479

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.