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Salivary Gland Function Study

Maryland 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $97.72 to $120.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $91 to $178
$20$50$100$200professional $105

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.50
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$275.42
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$28.84
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$144.54
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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$105

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.