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Salivary Gland Function Study

Illinois 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $282 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 6 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$115$89.13 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$166 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $98 to $871Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $44 to $209
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $282professional $115

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
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$691.83
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 30th of 51

$123

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.