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Sialography Contrast Injection

Georgia rates for HCPCS 42550

An injection of contrast dye into a salivary gland duct so that an X-ray can outline the gland and its duct system. It helps detect blockages such as stones or areas of narrowing within the gland.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sialography Contrast Injection cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$79.43 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,349 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $162 to $7,586Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $60 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$331.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$309.03

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Georgia· 20th of 51

$158

CA $209DE $120

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.