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Salivary Gland Function Study

Arkansas 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 July 2026.

How much does Salivary Gland Function Study cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$120$79.43 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$191 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $120 to $479Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $71 to $204
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $120

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
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.8 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.

Arkansas· 21st of 51

$135

WY $407FL $85.11

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.