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
$58
Average
$419
Median
$371
High
$1.6k
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348 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 4.6× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Kaiser 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 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $245 | $228 | $66 | 29% | 22 | $139 – $299 |
| 2 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Colorado Springs, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $174 | $174 | — | — | 16 | $174 – $174 |
| 3 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Colorado Springs, CO other · outpatient | 1 | $174 | $174 | — | — | 16 | $174 – $174 |
| 4 | Sacred Heart-Riverbend Springfield, OR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $435 | $435 | — | — | 14 | $435 – $435 |
| 5 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · both | 2 | $68 | $51 | $24 | 47% | 11 | $17 – $68 |
| 6 | PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Vancouver, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $678 | $678 | — | — | 2–20 | $678 – $678 |
| 7 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA fee schedule · both | 2 | $303 | $303 | $125 | 41% | 2–20 | $178 – $429 |
| 8 | Public Hospital District No 1 of Mason County Shelton, WA fee schedule · both | 1 | $265 | $265 | $18 | 7% | 2–20 | $246 – $283 |
| 9 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $655 | $576 | $171 | 30% | 2–20 | $259 – $756 |
| 10 | St. John Medical Center Longview, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 11 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Pueblo, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $182 | $182 | — | — | 1–10 | $182 – $182 |
| 12 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Pueblo, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $795 | $795 | $179 | 22% | 1–10 | $616 – $973 |
| 13 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Canon City, CO percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $834 | $834 | $97 | 12% | 1–10 | $736 – $931 |
| 14 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Canon City, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $736 | $610 | $326 | 53% | 1–10 | $162 – $931 |
| 15 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Durango, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $187 | $187 | — | — | 1–10 | $187 – $187 |
| 16 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Lakewood, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $175 | $175 | — | — | 1–10 | $175 – $175 |
| 17 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Lakewood, CO other · outpatient | 1 | $175 | $175 | — | — | 1–10 | $175 – $175 |
| 18 | DIGNITY HEALTH Camarillo, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $444 | $444 | $218 | 49% | 1–10 | $226 – $662 |
| 19 | Peace Harbor Medical Center Florence, OR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $177 | $177 | — | — | 1–10 | $177 – $177 |
| 20 | PeaceHealth United General Medical Center Sedro Woolley, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $369 | $369 | — | — | 1–10 | $369 – $369 |
| 21 | Piedmont Athens Regional Athens, GA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $630 | $630 | — | — | 1–10 | $630 – $630 |
| 22 | Piedmont Atlanta Atlanta, GA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $847 | $847 | — | — | 1–10 | $847 – $847 |
| 23 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA fee schedule · both | 1 | $317 | $317 | — | — | 1–10 | $317 – $317 |
| 24 | Public Hospital Dist No 1 Skagit dba Cascade Valley Hospital Arlington, WA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $319 | $319 | — | — | 1–10 | $319 – $319 |
| 25 | University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.2k | $1.1k | $187 | 18% | 1–10 | $788 – $1.2k |
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