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Salivary Gland Function Study

Idaho 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 8 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$170$115 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$389 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,259Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $105 to $204
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $851professional $170

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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 9th of 51

$186

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.