HIDA scan cost in Santa Rosa, CA — inpatient
In Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder as an inpatient: from $1,836.80 to $2,840.70, with a median of $2,699.94. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa — $863.14 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $1,836.80 at 94 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa lowest Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 571-4000 HEPATOBILIARY SYST IMAGING INCLUDING GALLBLADDER | $1,836.80 | $3,280.00 | $537.00–$1,680.00 | 44% | — source file |
| Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA · (707) 525-5300 HC NM HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM | $2,699.94 | $5,294.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma, CA · (707) 778-1111 HC NM HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM | $2,840.70 | $5,570.00 | — | 49% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $1,836.80, median $2,699.94, highest $2,840.70 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,520.82 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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).