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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Tennessee 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?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $447.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $302 to $525Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $380professional $224

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$416.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
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
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 12th of 51

$269

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.