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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 October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands cost?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $407 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$200 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$219 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $155 to $832Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $155 to $417
$200$500$1Kfacility $407professional $257

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
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
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
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 14th of 51

$263

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.