HIDA scan cost in Rochester, NY — inpatient
In Rochester, NY, 4 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder as an inpatient: from $812.30 to $1,146.14, with a median of $1,067.57. The lowest listed price is at Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic — $255.27 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $931.49 at 57 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 78226, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 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 Rochester, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic lowest Clifton Springs, NY · (315) 462-9561 HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING_ INCLUDING GALLBLADDER WHEN PRESENT | $812.30 | $1,249.69 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING_ INCLUDING GALLBLADDER WHEN PRESENT | $1,067.57 | $1,642.41 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING_ INCLUDING GALLBLADDER WHEN PRESENT | $1,067.57 | $1,642.41 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY · (585) 723-7000 HC HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING_ INCLUDING GALLBLADDER WHEN PRESENT | $1,146.14 | $1,432.67 | — | 20% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $812.30, median $1,067.57, highest $1,146.14 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $748.15 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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).