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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 July 2026.

How much does Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 4 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$148$126 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$126 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $126 to $851Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $112 to $200
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $186professional $148

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 46th of 51

$151

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.