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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Illinois 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$138 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$347 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,549Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $33 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $191

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
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$512.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$83.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
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
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 24th of 51

$219

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.