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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Georgia 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$191 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $151 to $490Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $120 to $347
$100$200$500facility $275professional $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
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
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
$75.86
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 38th of 51

$182

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.