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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Colorado 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 7 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$174$155 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$174 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $162 to $851Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $129 to $316
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $275professional $174

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
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 32nd of 51

$174

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.