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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Montana 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $295 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 5 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$288$186 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$282 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $282 to $891Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,047
$200$500$1Kfacility $295professional $288

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$501.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$891.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$288

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.