go back

Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Alaska rates for HCPCS 78230

An imaging test in which a small amount of radioactive tracer is given into a vein and picked up by the salivary glands, so that a camera can show their size, position, and how well they take the tracer up. It is used for a dry mouth, swelling, or a suspected blockage of a gland.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 6 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$479$479 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$479 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $437 to $676Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $398 to $977
$200$500$1Kfacility $479professional $479

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$977.24
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$479

WY $479FL $129

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.