Scans and imaging CPT 78226 Outpatient

HIDA scan cost in Harbor Beach, MI

In Harbor Beach, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $831.00 to $831.00, with a median of $831.00. Across Michigan, the median is $812.38 at 56 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 — and —.

Lowest$831.00Harbor Beach Community Hospital INC
Median$831.00half pay less
Highest$831.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Harbor Beach Community Hospital INC Harbor Beach, MI NM HIDA ONLY $831.00 $1,108.00 — 25% —
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Outpatient: lowest $831.00, median $831.00, highest $831.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $831.00. 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).