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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Arkansas 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 4 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$166$117 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$209 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $162 to $479Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $117 to $209
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $166

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
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 17th of 51

$209

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.