Scans and imaging CPT 78226 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

HIDA scan cost in Two Harbors, MN — inpatient

In Two Harbors, MN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder as an inpatient: from $269.12 to $269.12, with a median of $269.12. Across Minnesota, the median is $1,370.11 at 45 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78226, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$269.12Aspirus Lake View Hospital
Median$269.12half pay less
Highest$269.12in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Two Harbors, MN.

median
Lowest $269.12Highest $3,107.65

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus Lake View Hospital lowest Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 Pro Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladder $269.12 $327.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 NM Hepatobiliary Imaging Including Gb $2,838.53 $3,449.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 HEPATOBILIARY SYST IMAGING INCLUDING GALLBLADDER $3,107.65 $3,776.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $269.12, median $269.12, highest $269.12.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $269.12 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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).