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Salivary Gland Function Study

Georgia 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $182 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$135$107 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$129 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $93 to $282Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $93 to $282
$100$200facility $182professional $135

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
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
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
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$138

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.