HIDA scan cost in Philadelphia, PA
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 21 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $379.70 to $7,055.53, with a median of $724.40. The lowest listed price is at West Jersey Hospital and 3 other hospitals — $344.70 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,349.00 at 60 hospitals.
Cash prices at 21 facilities across 18 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 Mar 24, 2026 and Sep 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Jersey Hospital lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Hida Image Including Gallbladder W/O Ef | $379.70 | $3,797.00 | $278.75–$1,317.46 | 90% | — source file |
| Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes lowest Camden, NJ · (856) 886-5373 HC Hida Image Including Gallbladder W/O Ef | $379.70 | $3,797.00 | $278.75–$1,317.46 | 90% | — source file |
| Virtua Memorial Hospital lowest Mount Holly, NJ · (609) 267-0700 HC Hida Image Including Gallbladder W/O Ef | $379.70 | $3,797.00 | $278.75–$1,317.46 | 90% | — source file |
| West Jersey Hospital lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Hida Image Including Gallbladder W/O Ef | $379.70 | $3,797.00 | $278.75–$1,317.46 | 90% | — source file |
| Virtua Willingboro Hospital lowest Willinboro, NJ · (609) 835-2900 HC Hida Image Including Gallbladder W/O Ef | $379.70 | $3,797.00 | $278.75–$1,317.46 | 90% | — source file |
| Lower Bucks Hospital Bristol, PA · (215) 785-9200 Hc Nm Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladdr | $393.00 | $1,924.54 | $214.47–$1,539.63 | 80% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 483-9900 Hc Nm Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladdr | $408.00 | $2,234.00 | $214.47–$2,166.98 | 82% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 483-9900 Hc Nm Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladdr | $408.00 | $2,234.00 | $214.47–$2,166.98 | 82% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 335-6000 HC NM Imaging Hepatobiliary System | $654.55 | $1,007.00 | $344.78–$775.76 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 Hc Hepatobiliary Image W/Gall Bldr | $724.40 | $1,811.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 Hc Hepatobiliary Image W/Gall Bldr | $724.40 | $1,811.00 | — | 60% | — source file |
| Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 Hc Hepatobiliary Image W/Gall Bldr | $724.40 | $1,811.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital Malvern, PA Hc Hepatobiliary Image W/Gall Bldr | $724.40 | $1,811.00 | — | 60% | — source file |
| Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 Hc Hepatobiliary Image W/Gall Bldr | $724.40 | $1,811.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · (215) 750-2003 HC NM Imaging Hepatobiliary System | $793.00 | $1,220.00 | $134.20–$1,165.36 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 421-4100 HC NM Imaging Hepatobiliary System | $893.10 | $1,374.00 | $417.00–$1,699.72 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC NM Imaging Hepatobiliary System | $1,339.00 | $2,060.00 | $326.78–$2,060.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ HIDA | $1,579.84 | $1,579.84 | $271.97–$1,161.18 | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ HIDA | $1,579.84 | $1,579.84 | $266.20–$1,161.18 | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ · (856) 363-1000 HIDA | $1,579.84 | $1,579.84 | $275.90–$1,161.18 | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ HIDA | $1,579.84 | $1,579.84 | $275.90–$1,161.18 | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Hepatobiliary Imaging | $1,771.00 | $1,771.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Hepatobiliary Imaging | $1,771.00 | $1,771.00 | — | — | — source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 590-1000 NM Hepatobiliary System Imaging | $7,055.53 | $7,055.53 | $289.53–$6,349.98 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $379.70, median $724.40, highest $7,055.53 — a 18.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $843.05. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 10 of 15 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).