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Nuclear Scan Of The Salivary Glands

Virginia 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $219 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$155 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$93.33 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $26 to $832Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $95 to $288
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $219professional $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
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$575.44
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$407.38
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$50.12
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
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
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$128.82

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th of 51

$182

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.