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
Single contrast X-ray of esophagus
Low
$1
Average
$427
Median
$271
High
$18.7k
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $195 | $195 | $21 | 11% | 200 | $174 – $215 |
| 2 | High Point Regional Health High Point, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $407 | $388 | $66 | 17% | 141 | $283 – $454 |
| 3 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST EASLEY HOSPITAL EASLEY, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $204 | $251 | $130 | 52% | 125–134 | $126 – $468 |
| 4 | PRISMA HEALTH GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $204 | $251 | $130 | 52% | 125–134 | $126 – $468 |
| 5 | PRISMA HEALTH GREER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GREER, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $204 | $245 | $121 | 49% | 85–94 | $126 – $446 |
| 6 | Allina Health Systems Owatonna, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $181 | $187 | $68 | 36% | 77–95 | $70 – $268 |
| 7 | PRISMA HEALTH PATEWOOD HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $202 | $255 | $140 | 55% | 77–86 | $126 – $491 |
| 8 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $181 | $187 | $68 | 36% | 76–94 | $70 – $268 |
| 9 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $181 | $187 | $68 | 36% | 76–94 | $70 – $268 |
| 10 | Allina Health Systems Shakopee, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $181 | $187 | $68 | 36% | 75–93 | $70 – $268 |
| 11 | Allina Health Systems Faribualt, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $181 | $187 | $68 | 36% | 75–93 | $70 – $268 |
| 12 | DIGNITY HEALTH Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $279 | $334 | $122 | 37% | 69–87 | $190 – $549 |
| 13 | Capital Health System Inc Browns Mills, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $812 | $792 | $58 | 7% | 64–73 | $702 – $843 |
| 14 | WRMC Hospital Operating Corporation North Wilkesboro, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $346 | $335 | $30 | 9% | 64 | $285 – $364 |
| 15 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST PARKRIDGE HOSPITAL COLUMBIA, SC fee schedule · both | 3 | $324 | $337 | $178 | 53% | 61 | $126 – $561 |
| 16 | PRISMA HEALTH RICHLAND HOSPITAL COLUMBIA, SC fee schedule · both | 3 | $324 | $337 | $178 | 53% | 61 | $126 – $561 |
| 17 | St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Ypsilanti, MI facility · other · both | 2 | $135 | $135 | $37 | 27% | 55 | $98 – $172 |
| 18 | Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. Greenville, NC other · both | 1 | $167 | $167 | — | — | 50 | $167 – $167 |
| 19 | Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. Washington, NC other · both | 1 | $167 | $167 | — | — | 50 | $167 – $167 |
| 20 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $178 | $178 | — | — | 49 | $178 – $178 |
| 21 | St Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital | Trinity Health Medical Center - Brighton Brighton, MI facility · other · both | 2 | $135 | $135 | $37 | 27% | 45–54 | $98 – $172 |
| 22 | St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI facility · other · both | 2 | $135 | $135 | $37 | 27% | 40–49 | $98 – $171 |
| 23 | PRISMA HEALTH HILLCREST HOSPITAL SIMPSONVILLE, SC fee schedule · both | 4 | $200 | $236 | $111 | 47% | 39–66 | $126 – $421 |
| 24 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise Boise, ID facility · other · both | 1 | $186 | $186 | — | — | 38 | $186 – $186 |
| 25 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $619 | $619 | — | — | 36–45 | $619 – $619 |
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