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Salivary Gland Function Study

Michigan 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$120$107 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$148 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $141 to $407Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $85 to $170
$50$100$200$500facility $214professional $120

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
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$251.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.30
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
4 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
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$129

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.