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Whole Gut Transit Study, Multiple Days

Montana 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 July 2026.

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

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $724.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,072
$500$1Kprofessional $457

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
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$794.33

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Alaska 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.

Montana· 25th of 51

$457

AK $1,047FL $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.