HIDA scan cost in Buckhannon, WV
In Buckhannon, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $603.00 to $603.00, with a median of $603.00. Across West Virginia, the median is $875.75 at 16 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 —.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon Buckhannon, WV · (304) 472-2000 NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $603.00 | $1,206.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $603.00, median $603.00, highest $603.00.
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).
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 78226 ($1,280.00). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon Buckhannon, WVHEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $38.00 | file |