Scans and imaging CPT 78226 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

HIDA scan cost in Wray, CO — inpatient

In Wray, CO, 1 hospital lists a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder as an inpatient: from $932.30 to $932.30, with a median of $932.30. Across Colorado, the median is $2,106.40 at 33 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 78226, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 1, 2024 and Mar 1, 2024.

Lowest$932.30Wray Community District Hospital
Median$932.30half pay less
Highest$932.30in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Wray Community District Hospital Wray, CO · (970) 332-4811 NM HIDA Scan w/o CCK $932.30 $1,243.06 — 25% Mar 1, 2024
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Inpatient: lowest $932.30, median $932.30, highest $932.30.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $932.30 — 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).