HIDA scan cost in Elizabethtown, NC
In Elizabethtown, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $1,383.60 to $1,383.60, with a median of $1,383.60. Across North Carolina, the median is $1,438.58 at 57 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78226, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital Elizabethtown, NC · (910) 862-5100 HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $1,383.60 | $2,306.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,383.60, median $1,383.60, highest $1,383.60.
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).