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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Maryland 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $117 to $186.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $20 to $257
$20$50$100$200$500professional $162

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
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$478.63
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$33.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$128.82

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 45th of 51

$162

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.