HIDA scan cost in Massena, NY
In Massena-Ogdensburg, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $1,031.06 to $1,118.89, with a median of $1,074.98. The lowest listed price is at Canton-Potsdam Hospital — $43.92 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $931.49 at 57 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 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 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 Massena-Ogdensburg, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital lowest Potsdam, NY · (315) 265-3300 HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING_ INCLUDING GALLBLADDER WHEN PRESENT | $1,031.06 | $1,586.25 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena, NY · (315) 769-4234 HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING_ INCLUDING GALLBLADDER WHEN PRESENT | $1,118.89 | $1,721.37 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,031.06, median $1,074.98, highest $1,118.89 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,074.98. 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).