HIDA scan cost in New York, NY — inpatient
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 25 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder as an inpatient: from $215.00 to $2,025.00, with a median of $536.19. The lowest listed price is at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases and 3 other hospitals — $321.19 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $931.49 at 57 hospitals.
Cash prices at 25 facilities across 19 cities for code 78226, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 and Aug 13, 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Middletown, NJ Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $215.00 | $215.00 | $37.06–$193.50 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest New York, NY Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $215.00 | $215.00 | $37.06–$229.60 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Basking Ridge, NJ Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder | $215.00 | $215.00 | $37.06–$1,664.28 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Basking Ridge, NJ Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $215.00 | $215.00 | $37.06–$193.50 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest West Harrison, NY Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder | $215.00 | $215.00 | $37.06–$1,664.28 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest West Harrison, NY Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $215.00 | $215.00 | $37.06–$229.60 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest New York, NY Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder | $215.00 | $215.00 | $37.06–$1,664.28 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases lowest Middletown, NJ Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder | $215.00 | $215.00 | $37.06–$1,664.28 | — | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Englewood Health Englewood, NJ · (201) 894-3000 Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder | $249.50 | $2,495.00 | $182.38–$1,996.00 | 90% | Feb 2, 2026 source file |
| St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx, NY · (212) 960-9000 CHG HEPATOBILIARY SYST IMAGING INCLUDING GALLBLADDER | $348.53 | $1,300.50 | $235.42–$756.70 | 73% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ · (973) 383-2121 NM Hepatobiliary Sys | $439.08 | $5,211.00 | — | 92% | — source file |
| Hmh Hospitals Neptune City, NJ HEPATOBILIARY SYST IMAGING INCLUDING GALLBLADDER | $444.77 | $2,393.00 | $397.24–$2,393.00 | 81% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ · (732) 294-7012 NM Hepatobiliary Sys | $511.48 | $2,032.00 | — | 75% | — source file |
| University Hospital Newark, NJ · (973) 972-4300 HEPATOBILIARY SYST IMAGING INCLUDING GALLBLADDER | $535.79 | $1,573.08 | $110.36–$1,494.43 | 66% | Aug 13, 2026 source file |
| Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ · (908) 522-2000 NM Hepatobiliary Sys | $536.19 | $3,003.00 | — | 82% | — source file |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · (973) 971-5450 NM Hepatobiliary Sys | $536.19 | $3,056.00 | — | 82% | — source file |
| Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ · (973) 831-5000 NM Hepatobiliary Sys | $536.19 | $2,035.00 | — | 74% | — source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 HEPATOLIBIARY SYS IMG GALLBL | $748.20 | $1,247.00 | $279.08–$935.25 | 40% | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $812.70 | $1,161.00 | $248.27–$369.94 | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $931.49 | $4,902.57 | $207.38–$5,147.69 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn, NY HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $931.49 | $4,902.57 | $207.38–$5,147.69 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $931.49 | $4,902.57 | $207.38–$5,147.69 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola, NY HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $978.06 | $5,147.69 | $207.38–$5,147.69 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue, NY · (631) 654-7100 HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $978.06 | $5,147.69 | $207.38–$5,147.69 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Hepatobiliary System Imaging | $1,067.50 | $1,525.00 | — | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 HEPATOBILUARY SYST IMAG | $1,800.00 | $1,800.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 HEPATOBILIARY SYS IMAG,INCL GB | $1,800.00 | $1,800.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder | $2,025.00 | $2,250.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY HC Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder | $2,025.00 | $2,250.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder | $2,025.00 | $2,250.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder | $2,025.00 | $2,250.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder | $2,025.00 | $2,250.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $215.00, median $536.19, highest $2,025.00 — a 9.4× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 48 facilities here, median $493.50 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 12 of 14 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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).
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 78226 ($1,280.00). 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.
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NYHEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $95.00 | file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NYHEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING. | $95.00 | file |