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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Louisiana 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$186$107 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$316 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $224 to $912Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $91 to $214
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $186

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
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$204.17
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$151.36
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 51

$200

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.