HIDA scan cost in Richmond, VA
In Richmond, VA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $930.00 to $3,612.00, with a median of $3,612.00. The lowest listed price is at Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital — $2,682.00 less than the median here. Across Virginia, the median is $1,128.75 at 36 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Richmond, VA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital lowest Richmond, VA · (804) 225-1701 HC NM Hepatobiliary Imaging WO Pharm | $930.00 | $1,550.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Bon Secours Southside Medical Center Petersburg, VA · (804) 765-5000 HC NM Hepatobiliary Imaging WO Pharm | $1,734.30 | $5,781.00 | — | 70% | — source file |
| Bon Secours St Marys Hospital of Richmond Richmond, VA · (804) 285-2011 HC NM Hepatobiliary Imaging WO Pharm | $3,612.00 | $6,020.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Bon Secours St Francis Medical Center Midlothian, VA · (804) 594-7400 HC NM Hepatobiliary Imaging WO Pharm | $3,612.00 | $6,020.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center Mechanicsville, VA · (804) 764-6000 HC NM Hepatobiliary Imaging WO Pharm | $3,612.00 | $6,020.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $930.00, median $3,612.00, highest $3,612.00 — a 3.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $930.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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).