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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Missouri 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 Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $447 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$158 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$234 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,259Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $141 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $447professional $191

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
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$478.63
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
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 29th 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.