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.
Original text from hospital filings
BARIUM SWALLOW - ESOPH
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Low
$1
Average
$298
Median
$211
High
$6.8k
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| 1 | Springhill Memorial Hospital Mobile, AL | $163 | $153 | $85 | 56% | 461–650 | $6 – $399 |
| 2 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC | $174 | $159 | $38 | 24% | 408–453 | $116 – $221 |
| 3 | State Of Mississippi-university Of Mississippi Medical Center JACKSON, MS | $357 | $361 | $220 | 61% | 408–453 | $158 – $835 |
| 4 | St Peters Hospital Albany, NY | $245 | $350 | $134 | 38% | 272–290 | $215 – $504 |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK | $162 | $180 | $45 | 25% | 244–298 | $154 – $365 |
| 6 | Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital GREER, SC | $167 | $174 | $21 | 12% | 229–292 | $166 – $308 |
| 7 | Prisma Health Richland Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $173 | $178 | $25 | 14% | 203–266 | $167 – $310 |
| 8 | Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital COLUMBIA, SC | $173 | $178 | $25 | 14% | 203–266 | $167 – $310 |
| 9 | Prisma Health Patewood Hospital GREENVILLE, SC | $167 | $175 | $20 | 12% | 192–282 | $166 – $308 |
| 10 | Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado Colorado Springs, CO | $175 | $159 | $45 | 28% | 188–278 | $48 – $255 |
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