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Salivary Gland Scan With Serial Images

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 78231

A small amount of a radioactive tracer is given and a special camera takes a series of pictures of the salivary glands over a period of time, showing how the tracer gathers in them. The images show whether each gland is taking up and holding the tracer as expected.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Salivary Gland Scan With Serial Images cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$129$115 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$355 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $224 to $490Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $100 to $195
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $129

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
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$154.88

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Alabama 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.

Arkansas· 21st of 51

$162

AL $479FL $93.33

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.