Scans and imaging CPT 78226 Nevada Outpatient

HIDA scan cost in Nevada

In Nevada, 4 hospitals publish a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $434.00 to $1,992.00, with a median of $466.21. The lowest price is at North Vista Hospital (North Las Vegas) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 4.6× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 78226. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$434.00North Vista Hospital + 1 more
Median$466.21half pay less
Highest$1,992.00in Nevada
Lowest saves$32.21vs the median

Hospitals in Nevada, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
North Vista Hospital lowest North Las Vegas · Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Hc Nm Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladdr $434.00 $4,685.83 Mar 17, 2026
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Saint Marys Regional Medical Center lowest Reno · Reno, NV Hc Nm Hepatobiliary Syst Imaging Including Gallbladdr $434.00 $2,093.90 Mar 17, 2026
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Banner Churchill Community Hospital Fallon · Fallon, NV NM HEPATOBILIARY W/WO GB $498.42 $923.00 Feb 12, 2026
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Tahoe Forest Hospital District Incline Village · Reno, NV Nuclear medicine study of liver and bile duct system $1,992.00 $1,992.00 Jun 8, 2026
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By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Reno, NV 2 $434.00 $1,213.00
Fallon, NV 1 $498.42 $498.42
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 1 $434.00 $434.00

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).

HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.