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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 October 2026.

How much does Salivary Gland Function Study cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $490 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$97.72 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$282 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,000Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $28 to $229
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $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
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$549.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$128.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$436.52
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
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
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 26th of 51

$148

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.