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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Kansas 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 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 $200 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$182$155 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$182 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $151 to $513Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $126 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $182

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 29th of 51

$182

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.