HIDA scan cost in Youngstown, OH
In Youngstown-Warren, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $2,488.80 to $2,488.80, with a median of $2,488.80. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Health Youngstown LLC and 1 other hospital. Across Ohio, the median is $1,540.50 at 93 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 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 Youngstown-Warren, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Health Youngstown LLC lowest Youngstown, OH HC NM Hepatobiliary Imaging WO Pharm | $2,488.80 | $4,148.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Mercy Health Youngstown LLC lowest Warren, OH HC NM Hepatobiliary Imaging WO Pharm | $2,488.80 | $4,148.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Mercy Health Youngstown LLC lowest Youngstown, OH HC NM Hepatobiliary Imaging WO Pharm | $2,488.80 | $4,148.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,488.80, median $2,488.80, highest $2,488.80.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $2,488.80. 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).