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Salivary Gland Function Study

Rhode Island 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $776 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 4 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$117$117 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$575 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $525 to $955Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $117 to $174
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $776professional $117

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 29th of 51

$123

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.