HIDA scan cost in Grand Rapids, MI
In Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI, 4 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $626.00 to $691.00, with a median of $658.50. The lowest listed price is at Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital and 1 other hospital — $32.50 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $812.38 at 56 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital lowest Zeeland, MI · (616) 772-4644 Hc Nm Hepatobiliary Scan | $626.00 | $626.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Greenville Hospital lowest Greenville, MI · (616) 754-4691 Hc Nm Hepatobiliary Scan | $626.00 | $626.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 Hc Nm Hepatobiliary Scan | $691.00 | $691.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids, MI · (616) 391-1774 Hc Nm Hepatobiliary Scan | $691.00 | $691.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids, MI Hc Nm Hepatobiliary Scan | $691.00 | $691.00 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $626.00, median $658.50, highest $691.00 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $691.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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).