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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

New Jersey 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$182$145 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$145 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,862Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $135 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $407professional $182

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
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$11,748.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$41.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 34th of 51

$186

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.