Esophagus X-ray with contrast

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Provider: anthropic
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Max output tokens: 4096
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Single contrast X-ray of esophagus

Payers reporting CPT 74220

Payer pricing summary

Low

$83

Average

$328

Median

$301

High

$912

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1	Medicare other · both · +22 other terms	52	$186	$217	$112	51%	1,500–1,599	$163 – $971
2	Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +5 other terms	6	$83	$87	$8	9%	420–456	$76 – $99
3	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms	204	$227	$180	$181	100%	383–824	$4 – $1.3k
4	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +38 other terms	729	$198	$334	$482	144%	196–592	$1 – $12.9k
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms	538	$253	$306	$241	79%	176–248	$1 – $2.8k
6	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +40 other terms	793	$284	$284	$221	78%	141–339	$1 – $5.2k
7	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	544	$291	$348	$300	86%	128–254	$23 – $3.1k
8	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms	434	$186	$251	$261	104%	50–95	$1 – $1.9k
9	Bcbs Mt fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	1	$409	$409	—	—	49	$409 – $409
10	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	67	$402	$437	$505	116%	46–55	$34 – $1.9k
11	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	62	$163	$398	$547	138%	36	$30 – $2.4k
12	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +36 other terms	268	$162	$148	$85	57%	31–139	$1 – $638
13	Bcbs In other · both · +1 other terms	11	$640	$661	$104	16%	6–60	$426 – $850
14	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	59	$358	$290	$166	57%	3–30	$23 – $926
15	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	110	$250	$314	$287	92%	1–10	$28 – $1.4k
16	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	77	$189	$190	$60	32%	1–10	$1 – $389
17	Wellmark facility · fee schedule · both · +25 other terms	26	$200	$236	$102	43%	1–10	$126 – $522
18	Florida Blue fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	1	$211	$211	$55	26%	1–10	$162 – $308
19	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	193	$187	$184	$71	38%	—	$20 – $417
20	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	134	$564	$620	$548	88%	—	$37 – $2.2k
21	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	106	$303	$259	$122	47%	—	$10 – $603
22	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	104	$176	$215	$404	188%	—	$152 – $4.9k
23	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	89	$108	$118	$63	54%	—	$41 – $645
24	Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	87	$176	$217	$395	182%	—	$56 – $4.6k
25	Oscar facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	71	$256	$249	$80	32%	—	$102 – $494

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