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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Idaho 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$191 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$513 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,413Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $38 to $380
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $891professional $288

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$323.59
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$380.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
1 more rate 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 6th of 51

$331

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.