HIDA scan cost in West Virginia
In West Virginia, 16 hospitals publish a cash price for HIDA scan: nuclear imaging of the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder: from $182.50 to $3,182.99, with a median of $875.75. The lowest price is at Reynolds Memorial Hospital (Glen Dale). The highest price is 17.4× 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.
Hospitals in West Virginia, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds Memorial Hospital lowest Glen Dale · Wheeling, WV-OH NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $182.50 | $365.00 | — source file |
| Princeton Community Hospital Assn Princeton · Bluefield, WV-VA NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $245.50 | $491.00 | — source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital of Buckhannon Buckhannon · Buckhannon, WV NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $603.00 | $1,206.00 | — source file |
| Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Parkersburg · Parkersburg-Vienna, WV NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $622.00 | $1,244.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg · Petersburg, WV NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $648.80 | $811.00 | — source file |
| Summersville Regional Medical Center Summersville · Summersville, WV NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $681.00 | $1,362.00 | — source file |
| Community Health Association Ripley · Ripley, WV HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $688.00 | $1,376.00 | — source file |
| Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg · Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $815.00 | $1,630.00 | — source file |
| Weirton Medical Center Weirton · Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $936.50 | $1,873.00 | — source file |
| Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville · New Martinsville, WV HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $983.00 | $1,966.00 | — source file |
| Wheeling Hospital Wheeling · Wheeling, WV-OH NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $1,028.50 | $2,057.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| United Hospital Center Bridgeport · Clarksburg, WV HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM IMAGING | $1,047.00 | $2,094.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association South Charleston · Charleston, WV NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $1,287.50 | $2,575.00 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown · Morgantown, WV NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF LIVER AND BILE DUCT SYSTEM | $1,449.00 | $2,898.00 | — source file |
| St. Mary's Medical Center Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Injection | $1,851.80 | $1,851.80 | — source file |
| Cabell Huntington Hospital Huntington · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Injection | $3,182.99 | $3,182.99 | — source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 2 | $1,851.80 | $2,517.40 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 2 | $182.50 | $605.50 |
| Buckhannon, WV | 1 | $603.00 | $603.00 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 1 | $245.50 | $245.50 |
| Charleston, WV | 1 | $1,287.50 | $1,287.50 |
| Clarksburg, WV | 1 | $1,047.00 | $1,047.00 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 1 | $815.00 | $815.00 |
| Morgantown, WV | 1 | $1,449.00 | $1,449.00 |
| New Martinsville, WV | 1 | $983.00 | $983.00 |
| Petersburg, WV | 1 | $648.80 | $648.80 |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 1 | $622.00 | $622.00 |
| Ripley, WV | 1 | $688.00 | $688.00 |
| Summersville, WV | 1 | $681.00 | $681.00 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 1 | $936.50 | $936.50 |
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
- Alabama$2,064.00
- Alaska$1,765.81
- Arizona$536.69
- Arkansas$878.05
- California$1,836.80
- Colorado$1,312.36
- Connecticut$920.70
- Delaware$1,580.80
- Florida$1,789.42
- Georgia$1,161.42
- Hawaii$748.80
- Idaho$1,425.00
- Illinois$1,280.00
- Indiana$1,442.24
- Iowa$703.20
- Kansas$3,787.97
- Kentucky$3,389.96
- Louisiana$378.46
- Maine$1,348.35
- Maryland$899.25
- Massachusetts$1,110.35
- Michigan$812.38
- Minnesota$1,370.11
- Mississippi$607.18
- Missouri$1,307.70
- Montana$1,071.09
- Nebraska$975.00
- Nevada$466.21
- New Hampshire$1,161.42
- New Jersey$473.22
- New York$931.49
- North Carolina$1,438.58
- North Dakota$1,198.68
- Ohio$1,540.50
- Oklahoma$1,153.30
- Oregon$1,320.00
- Pennsylvania$1,349.00
- Puerto Rico$225.00
- Rhode Island$534.30
- South Carolina$1,751.40
- South Dakota$1,889.60
- Tennessee$452.25
- Texas$1,754.98
- Utah$1,082.32
- Vermont$1,730.20
- Virginia$1,128.75
- Washington$1,177.10
- Wisconsin$1,094.72
- Wyoming$1,139.20
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.