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Salivary Gland Function Study

South Carolina 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $832 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$155$107 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$550 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,622Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $95 to $204
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $155

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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21
3 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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 19th of 51

$162

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.