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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands cost?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $589 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$151 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$282 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $148 to $912Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,072
$200$500$1Kfacility $589professional $182

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Arizona· 25th of 51

$214

AK $646KY $138

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.