HIDA scan cost in Moses Lake, WA — inpatient
In Moses Lake, WA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder as an inpatient: from $1,524.00 to $1,524.00, with a median of $1,524.00. Across Washington, the median is $1,212.14 at 31 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78226, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan Hospital Moses Lake, WA · (509) 765-5606 Nuclear medicine study of liver and bile duct system | $1,524.00 | $1,524.00 | — | — | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $1,524.00, median $1,524.00, highest $1,524.00.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,524.00 — 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).
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 78226 ($1,435.05). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Samaritan Hospital Moses Lake, WAHC PR 78226 Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder | $62.00 | file |