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Salivary Gland Function Study

Kansas 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$155$117 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$158 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $117 to $977Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $102 to $309
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $155

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
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
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$93.33

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$155

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.