Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Nuclear medicine study of liver and bile duct system
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Based on 5,019–20,958 billing samples across every hospital reporting.
Low
$32
Average
$2.0k
Median
$877
High
$2122.3k
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| 1 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Paducah, KY | $2.3k | $3.7k | $3.1k | 84% | 510–555 | $432 – $10.8k |
| 2 | Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp GERMANTOWN, TN | $368 | $470 | $259 | 55% | 380–497 | $50 – $1.2k |
| 3 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Corbin, KY | $4.3k | $4.3k | $3.1k | 71% | 260–278 | $432 – $10.8k |
| 4 | Baptist Healthcare System Inc Grange, KY | $2.8k | $3.9k | $3.0k | 78% | 249–285 | $485 – $10.8k |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO | $523 | $892 | $722 | 81% | 224–476 | $195 – $5.7k |
| 6 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO | $523 | $892 | $722 | 81% | 224–476 | $195 – $5.7k |
| 7 | Methodist Olive Branch Hospital OLIVE BRANCH, MS | $368 | $419 | $155 | 37% | 115–196 | $50 – $768 |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $380 | $519 | $270 | 52% | 112–256 | $212 – $1.4k |
| 9 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR | $380 | $519 | $270 | 52% | 112–256 | $212 – $1.4k |
| 10 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL | $461 | $857 | $592 | 69% | 106–142 | $220 – $1.9k |
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