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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Minnesota 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 6 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$331$251 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$479 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,585Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $195 to $589
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $331

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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$562.34

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$355

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.