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Salivary Gland Function Study

Arizona 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$105 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$178 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $93 to $661Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $87 to $912
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $372professional $123

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
4 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 22nd of 51

$155

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.