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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

North Carolina 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$204$145 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$145 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $145 to $851Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $123 to $437
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $479professional $204

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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$323.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$407.38
8 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
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$66.07

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 28th of 51

$204

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.