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Salivary Gland Function Study

Iowa 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $389 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 7 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$155$95.50 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$219 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,023Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $87 to $741
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $389professional $155

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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$549.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$562.34
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$195

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.