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Salivary Gland Function Study

Mississippi 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $537 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$129$89.13 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$186 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $132 to $813Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $81 to $200
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $129

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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$177.83
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
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$251.19
2 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
$44.67
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 35th of 51

$135

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.