Scans and imaging CPT 78226 Outpatient

HIDA scan cost in Marion, OH

In Marion, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $2,382.25 to $2,382.25, with a median of $2,382.25. Across Ohio, the median is $1,540.50 at 93 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$2,382.25Marion General Hospital
Median$2,382.25half pay less
Highest$2,382.25in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Marion General Hospital Marion, OH · (740) 383-8400 Hc Hepatobiliary System Imaging $2,382.25 $3,665.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $2,382.25, median $2,382.25, highest $2,382.25.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,382.25. 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).