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Salivary Gland Function Study

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$148$120 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$100 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $26 to $776Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $40 to $933
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $141professional $148

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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$165.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$851.14
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$933.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$186.21
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$380.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$58.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$851.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$933.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$186.21
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$363.08
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$154.88
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$95.50

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 27th 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.