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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Oklahoma 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$135 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$186 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,230Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $155

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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$371.54

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 39th of 51

$178

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.