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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 July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands cost?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 5 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$162$145 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$186 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $155 to $692Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $129 to $355
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $302professional $162

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
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$416.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$398.11

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 28th of 51

$186

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.