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Salivary Gland Function Study

Alabama rates for HCPCS 78232

Uses a small amount of a radioactive tracer to measure how well the salivary glands pull the tracer out of the blood and then release it into the mouth. The result is a measure of how the glands are working, rather than simply a picture of them.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Salivary Gland Function Study cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $562 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$97.72 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$562 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $562 to $562Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $89 to $182
$100$200$500facility $562professional $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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$151.36
2 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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Alabama than in New York. 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.

Alabama· 1st of 51

$479

AL $479NY $95.50

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.