HIDA scan cost in Phoenix, AZ
In Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ, 21 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $196.71 to $3,304.00, with a median of $490.58. The lowest listed price is at Banner Heart Hospital — $293.87 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $536.69 at 28 hospitals.
Cash prices at 21 facilities across 11 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 2, 2026 and Jun 28, 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banner Heart Hospital lowest Mesa, AZ NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB | $196.71 | $1,468.00 | $273.41–$1,909.17 | 87% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande, AZ NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB | $289.20 | $1,468.00 | $273.41–$1,909.17 | 80% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix, AZ NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB | $309.75 | $1,468.00 | $273.41–$1,909.17 | 79% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City, AZ NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB | $311.22 | $1,468.00 | $273.41–$1,909.17 | 79% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Del E Webb Medical Center Sun City West, AZ NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB | $311.22 | $1,468.00 | $273.41–$1,909.17 | 79% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale, AZ NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB | $359.66 | $1,468.00 | $72.99–$1,909.17 | 76% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Desert Medical Center Mesa, AZ NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB | $411.04 | $1,468.00 | $273.41–$1,909.17 | 72% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert, AZ NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB | $424.25 | $1,468.00 | $273.41–$1,909.17 | 71% | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa, AZ NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB | $460.95 | $1,468.00 | $273.41–$1,909.17 | 69% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler, AZ NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB | $469.76 | $1,468.00 | $273.41–$1,909.17 | 68% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Maricopa County Special Health Care District Phoenix, AZ HC HEPATOBILIARY SYST IMAGING IHCLUDING GALLBLADDER | $490.58 | $2,000.00 | $832.00–$1,600.00 | 75% | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB | $582.80 | $1,468.00 | $273.41–$1,909.17 | 60% | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Honorhealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center Scottsdale, AZ Hc Hepatobilary System Imaging, Including Gallbladder When Present; | $3,304.00 | $3,304.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Honorhealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Med Center Scottsdale, AZ Hc Hepatobilary System Imaging, Including Gallbladder When Present; | $3,304.00 | $3,304.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Honorhealth Tempe Medical Center Tempe, AZ Hc Hepatobilary System Imaging, Including Gallbladder When Present; | $3,304.00 | $3,304.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Honorhealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center Phoenix, AZ Hc Hepatobilary System Imaging, Including Gallbladder When Present; | $3,304.00 | $3,304.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Honorhealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center Phoenix, AZ Hc Hepatobilary System Imaging, Including Gallbladder When Present; | $3,304.00 | $3,304.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Honorhealth Four Peaks Medical Center Mesa, AZ Hc Hepatobilary System Imaging, Including Gallbladder When Present; | $3,304.00 | $3,304.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| HonorHealth Florence Medical Center Florence, AZ Hc Hepatobilary System Imaging, Including Gallbladder When Present; | $3,304.00 | $3,304.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Honorhealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center Scottsdale, AZ Hc Hepatobilary System Imaging, Including Gallbladder When Present; | $3,304.00 | $3,304.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Honorhealth Deer Valley Medical Center Phoenix, AZ Hc Hepatobilary System Imaging, Including Gallbladder When Present; | $3,304.00 | $3,304.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $196.71, median $490.58, highest $3,304.00 — a 16.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 22 facilities here, median $1,443.90. 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 12 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is 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).