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Salivary Gland Function Study

Florida 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $741 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$85.11$69.18 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$324 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $132 to $776Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $58 to $182
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $741professional $85

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
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$95.50
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$416.87
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$213.80
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$169.82
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$27.54
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$162.18
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$102.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.62
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
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
$33.11
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$83.18

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 50th of 51

$95.50

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.