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Whole Gut Transit Study, Multiple Days

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 78266

A nuclear medicine study that follows a meal containing a tiny amount of radioactive tracer as it moves through the digestive tract. Images are taken over several days to time how long food takes to leave the stomach and then to pass through the small intestine and the colon. It is used when symptoms such as bloating, nausea or severe constipation may come from slow movement somewhere along the gut.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Whole Gut Transit Study, Multiple Days cost?

$562

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$562$372 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$589 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,096Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $347 to $759
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $891professional $562

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$812.83

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Mississippi· 21st of 51

$562

AK $1,175UT $316

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.