HIDA scan cost in Portland, OR
In Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, 14 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $859.30 to $2,079.00, with a median of $1,392.30. The lowest listed price is at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center and 3 other hospitals — $533.00 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $1,320.00 at 33 hospitals.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 9 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 23, 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center lowest Portland, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY GI | $859.30 | $1,322.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center lowest Tualatin, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY GI | $859.30 | $1,322.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center lowest Gresham, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY GI | $859.30 | $1,322.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center lowest Portland, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY GI | $859.30 | $1,322.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center lowest Portland, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY GI | $859.30 | $1,322.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center lowest Portland, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY GI | $859.30 | $1,322.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center lowest Portland, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY GI | $859.30 | $1,322.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Vancouver, WA HC NM HEPATOBILIARY GI | $942.50 | $1,450.00 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR HB NM Hepbi /Galbl Without Pharm/Quant Measure | $1,324.05 | $2,037.00 | $359.13–$2,037.00 | 35% | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Tuality Healthcare Hillsboro, OR HB NM Hepbi /Galbl Without Pharm/Quant Measure | $1,324.05 | $2,037.00 | $346.60–$2,037.00 | 35% | — source file |
| PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Vancouver, WA NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $1,460.55 | $2,247.00 | $177.32–$1,438.29 | 35% | — source file |
| PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Vancouver, WA HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $1,650.35 | $2,539.00 | $177.32–$1,438.29 | 35% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Westside Hillsboro, OR HEPATOBILIARY SYST IMAGING INCLUDING GALLBLADDER | $1,852.15 | $2,179.00 | $666.00–$2,150.00 | 15% | — source file |
| Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Clackamas, OR HEPATOBILIARY SYST IMAGING INCLUDING GALLBLADDER | $1,852.15 | $2,179.00 | $666.00–$2,150.00 | 15% | — source file |
| Providence Health and Services - Oregon Newberg, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM | $2,079.00 | $2,772.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health and Services - Oregon Oregon City, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM | $2,079.00 | $2,772.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health and Services - Oregon Milwaukie, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM | $2,079.00 | $2,772.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health and Services - Oregon Portland, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM | $2,079.00 | $2,772.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Health and Services - Oregon Portland, OR HC NM HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM | $2,079.00 | $2,772.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $859.30, median $1,392.30, highest $2,079.00 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $1,852.15. 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 4 of 5 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).