Scans and imaging CPT 78226 Outpatient

HIDA scan cost in Petersburg, WV

In Petersburg, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $648.80 to $648.80, with a median of $648.80. 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 —.

Lowest$648.80Grant Memorial Hospital
Median$648.80half pay less
Highest$648.80in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV · (304) 257-1026 NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM $648.80 $811.00 — 20% —
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Outpatient: lowest $648.80, median $648.80, highest $648.80.

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.

Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WVHEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING $60.80 file