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Salivary Gland Function Study

Tennessee 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $93.33 to $269.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $170 to $347Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $72 to $933
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $214professional $151

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
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$239.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
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
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$170

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.