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Salivary Gland Function Study

New Jersey 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 5 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$105$93.33 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$214 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $174 to $933Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $81 to $170
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $105

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
$114.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 40th of 51

$107

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.