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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Massachusetts 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $219 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$224$162 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$158 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $29 to $724Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $41 to $1,072
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $219professional $224

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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$169.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$660.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,071.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$169.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$630.96
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$36.31
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$224

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.