Scans and imaging CPT 78226 Outpatient

HIDA scan cost in LaGrange, GA

In LaGrange, GA-AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $1,078.74 to $1,078.74, with a median of $1,078.74. Across Georgia, the median is $1,161.42 at 32 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,078.74Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center
Median$1,078.74half pay less
Highest$1,078.74in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center Lagrange, GA Hc Nm Hepatobiliary System Imaging $1,078.74 $2,766.00 — 61% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,078.74, median $1,078.74, highest $1,078.74.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,078.74. 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).