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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 July 2026.

How much does Salivary Gland Function Study cost?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$89.13$83.18 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$200 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,549Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $83 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $89

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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 49th of 51

$93.33

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.