HIDA scan cost in Manchester, NH — inpatient
In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder as an inpatient: from $939.36 to $1,435.60, with a median of $1,161.42. The lowest listed price is at Monadnock Community Hospital — $222.06 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $1,161.42 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 78226, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Manchester-Nashua, NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough, NH NM HEPATOBILIARY FATTY MEAL | $939.36 | $1,565.60 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH HC NM HEPATOBILIARY IMAGING WO PHARM | $1,161.42 | $2,978.00 | — | 61% | — source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH Z-NM HEPATOBILIARY W/O SINCALIDE | $1,231.06 | $2,051.76 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH Hc Nm Hepatobiliary Imaging | $1,435.60 | $3,880.00 | — | 63% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $939.36, median $1,161.42, highest $1,435.60 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,161.42 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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).