Scans and imaging CPT 78226 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

HIDA scan cost in Union, MS — inpatient

In Union, MS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder as an inpatient: from $908.90 to $908.90, with a median of $908.90. Across Mississippi, the median is $601.38 at 38 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78226, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$908.90Ochsner Laird Hospital
Median$908.90half pay less
Highest$908.90in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner Laird Hospital Union, MS · (601) 774-8214 HC HEPATOBIL IMG INC GALLBLADDER $908.90 $1,490.00 — 39% —
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Inpatient: lowest $908.90, median $908.90, highest $908.90.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $908.90 — 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).