Scans and imaging CPT 78226 Outpatient

HIDA scan cost in Wilmington, OH

In Wilmington, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $548.52 to $548.52, with a median of $548.52. Across Ohio, the median is $1,540.50 at 93 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78226, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$548.52Clinton Memorial Hospital
Median$548.52half pay less
Highest$548.52in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington, OH · (937) 382-9335 NM HIDA SCAN INCL GB $548.52 $1,097.04 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $548.52, median $548.52, highest $548.52.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $548.52. 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).