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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Florida 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $724 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$129$112 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$724$251 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $724 · 10th to 90th $132 to $776Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $85 to $245
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $724professional $129

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
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$416.87
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$346.74
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$234.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.20
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
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
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$138

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.