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Salivary Gland Function Study

Virginia 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$97.72 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$85.11 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $24 to $776Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $85 to $204
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $155professional $120

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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$147.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$467.74
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$47.86
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$79.43

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$120

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.