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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Single contrast X-ray of esophagus
Low
$1
Average
$462
Median
$391
High
$8.4k
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iThe hospitals that file a Cigna 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 | DIGNITY COMMUNITY CARE Chandler, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $407 | $365 | $169 | 46% | 46–55 | $91 – $554 |
| 2 | Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. Greenville, NC percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 8 | $805 | $794 | $99 | 13% | 41–59 | $663 – $938 |
| 3 | Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. Washington, NC percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 8 | $805 | $794 | $99 | 13% | 41–59 | $663 – $938 |
| 4 | DIGNITY HEALTH Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 5 | $421 | $426 | $138 | 32% | 36–72 | $190 – $606 |
| 5 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSP GERMANTOWN, TN case rate · both | 5 | $250 | $256 | $31 | 12% | 36–72 | $216 – $304 |
| 6 | Boulder Community Health Lafayette, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $772 | $1.2k | $702 | 60% | 32 | $598 – $2.2k |
| 7 | Jennie Stuart Medical Center Hopkinsville, KY facility · other · inpatient | 1 | $138 | $138 | — | — | 29 | $138 – $138 |
| 8 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $261 | $312 | $96 | 31% | 28 | $228 – $447 |
| 9 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $247 | $296 | $91 | 31% | 28 | $216 – $424 |
| 10 | HARTFORD HOSPITAL HARTFORD, CT fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $153 | $153 | — | — | 26 | $153 – $153 |
| 11 | Memorial Hospital of Laramie County Cheyenne, WY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $899 | $899 | — | — | 17 | $899 – $899 |
| 12 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST EASLEY HOSPITAL EASLEY, SC fee schedule · both | 1 | $895 | $895 | — | — | 17 | $895 – $895 |
| 13 | PRISMA HEALTH GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC fee schedule · both | 1 | $895 | $895 | — | — | 17 | $895 – $895 |
| 14 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Colorado Springs, CO other · inpatient | 2 | $170 | $170 | $8 | 5% | 13–22 | $162 – $179 |
| 15 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $295 | $295 | — | — | 13 | $295 – $295 |
| 16 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $537 | $537 | — | — | 13 | $537 – $537 |
| 17 | Mayo Clinic Arizona Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $413 | $413 | $17 | 4% | 12 | $396 – $431 |
| 18 | HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AT NEW BRITAIN D/B/A THE HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT SOUTHINGTON, CT fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $362 | $362 | — | — | 11 | $362 – $362 |
| 19 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $315 | $315 | — | — | 11 | $315 – $315 |
| 20 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Edmond, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $463 | $571 | $153 | 27% | 9–90 | $463 – $786 |
| 21 | LEWISGALE HOSPITAL MONTGOMERY BLACKSBURG, VA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $763 | $715 | $138 | 19% | 8–80 | $325 – $763 |
| 22 | METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TN case rate · both | 5 | $250 | $256 | $31 | 12% | 5–50 | $216 – $304 |
| 23 | METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TN case rate · both | 5 | $250 | $256 | $31 | 12% | 5–50 | $216 – $304 |
| 24 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA fee schedule · both | 1 | $42 | $42 | — | — | 4–40 | $42 – $42 |
| 25 | Baystate Noble Hospital Westfield, MA fee schedule · both | 1 | $53 | $53 | — | — | 4–40 | $53 – $53 |
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