HIDA scan cost in Pullman, WA
In Pullman, WA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $995.35 to $1,176.00, with a median of $1,085.68. The lowest listed price is at Pullman Regional Hospital — $90.33 less than the median here. Across Washington, the median is $1,175.39 at 36 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 78226, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 9, 2026 and Jun 29, 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 Pullman, WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pullman Regional Hospital lowest Pullman, WA · (509) 332-2541 Nuclear medicine study of liver and bile duct system | $995.35 | $1,171.00 | $409.85–$1,147.58 | 15% | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Whitman Hospital and Medical Center Colfax, WA · (509) 397-3435 Nuclear medicine study of liver and bile duct system | $1,176.00 | $1,470.00 | $792.62–$1,440.60 | 20% | Jun 29, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $995.35, median $1,085.68, highest $1,176.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 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).