X-ray of throat and upper esophagus with barium contrast

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Provider: anthropic
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Max output tokens: 4096
Prompt version (hash): 444523875572
Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC RAD EXAM, PHARYNX AND/OR CERVICAL ESOPHAGUS, INCL SCOUT NECK, CONTRAST

Payers reporting CPT 74210

Payer pricing summary

Low

$56

Average

$263

Median

$215

High

$1.0k

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	653	$247	$256	$191	74%	1–10	$1 – $5.2k
2	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	590	$185	$341	$603	177%	—	$1 – $12.7k
3	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	456	$283	$326	$221	68%	—	$21 – $3.1k
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	404	$265	$311	$242	78%	—	$1 – $1.3k
5	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	361	$178	$215	$186	86%	—	$1 – $1.1k
6	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	224	$162	$154	$87	57%	—	$1 – $704
7	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	148	$231	$175	$180	103%	—	$4 – $1.3k
8	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	137	$178	$194	$74	38%	—	$20 – $417
9	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms	88	$305	$245	$128	52%	—	$61 – $572
10	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	83	$254	$302	$251	83%	—	$28 – $1.4k
11	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	72	$179	$168	$37	22%	—	$65 – $197
12	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	71	$105	$107	$16	15%	—	$49 – $196
13	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	58	$164	$238	$156	65%	—	$65 – $647
14	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	56	$361	$425	$429	101%	—	$36 – $2.1k
15	Oscar fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	52	$335	$242	$151	62%	—	$1 – $501
16	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	47	$183	$227	$265	117%	—	$33 – $1.4k
17	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +11 other terms	38	$169	$178	$64	36%	—	$1 – $381
18	Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	36	$161	$153	$55	36%	—	$97 – $418
19	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms	33	$560	$619	$289	47%	—	$167 – $1.3k
20	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms	32	$160	$152	$48	31%	—	$95 – $225
21	Superior Healthplan facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +7 other terms	29	$140	$144	$52	36%	—	$95 – $324
22	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms	27	$195	$189	$14	8%	—	$158 – $212
23	Medicare fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	26	$65	$100	$58	58%	—	$56 – $226
24	Baylor Scott White Health Plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	25	$223	$222	$44	20%	—	$167 – $291
25	Medicaid fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	25	$38	$55	$88	160%	—	$1 – $418

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