HIDA scan cost in Appleton, WI
In Appleton, WI, 4 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $763.50 to $1,027.14, with a median of $815.52. The lowest listed price is at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton and 1 other hospital — $52.02 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $1,094.72 at 62 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 78226, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Appleton, WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton lowest Appleton, WI HC Hepatobiliary System Imaging | $763.50 | $1,363.40 | $177.24–$1,648.15 | 44% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton lowest Appleton, WI · (920) 731-4101 HC Hepatobiliary System Imaging | $763.50 | $1,363.40 | $177.24–$1,648.15 | 44% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Appleton, WI HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $809.31 | $1,445.20 | $177.24–$1,648.15 | 44% | — source file |
| ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton Appleton, WI · (920) 731-4101 HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $809.31 | $1,445.20 | $177.24–$1,648.15 | 44% | — source file |
| Ascension NE Wisconsin - St Elizabeth Campus Appleton, WI · (920) 738-2000 HC HEPATOBILIARY IMAGING W OR WO GB | $867.54 | $1,522.00 | $37.00–$822.02 | 43% | — source file |
| Ascension Calumet Hospital Chilton, WI · (920) 849-2386 HC HEPATOBILIARY IMAGING W OR WO GB | $1,027.14 | $1,802.00 | $37.00–$822.02 | 43% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $763.50, median $815.52, highest $1,027.14 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A HIDA scan follows a radioactive tracer as the liver takes it up and releases it into the bile ducts, gallbladder and bowel. It is used to look for gallbladder inflammation, a blocked bile duct or a bile leak.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the imaging. The tracer and the reading by a radiologist or nuclear medicine doctor are often billed separately. A scan that also measures how well the gallbladder empties after a medicine is given is billed under a different code (78227).