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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Mississippi 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$141 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$234 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $141 to $813Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $98 to $240
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $186

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21
2 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
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 32nd of 51

$191

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.