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Salivary Gland Function Study

Nebraska 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 July 2026.

How much does Salivary Gland Function Study cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $537 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$95.50 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$380 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,122Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $95 to $646
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $191

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Wyoming than in Florida. 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.

Nebraska· 3rd of 51

$229

WY $407FL $85.11

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.