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
$49
Average
$415
Median
$304
High
$4.8k
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259 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 4.5× 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 Medica 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 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc City, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $322 | $497 | $285 | 57% | 52 | $269 – $899 |
| 2 | Allina Health Systems Faribualt, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $296 | $271 | $54 | 20% | 16–25 | $164 – $312 |
| 3 | Maple Grove Hospital Corporation Grove, MN facility · other · both | 1 | $182 | $182 | — | — | 15 | $182 – $182 |
| 4 | Allina Health Systems Shakopee, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $296 | $271 | $54 | 20% | 14–23 | $164 – $312 |
| 5 | Allina Health Systems Owatonna, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $296 | $271 | $54 | 20% | 14–23 | $164 – $312 |
| 6 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $296 | $271 | $54 | 20% | 14–23 | $164 – $312 |
| 7 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN facility · other · outpatient | 5 | $296 | $271 | $54 | 20% | 14–23 | $164 – $312 |
| 8 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN other · inpatient | 2 | $172 | $172 | $14 | 8% | 4–40 | $158 – $187 |
| 9 | Maple Grove Hospital Corporation Grove, MN facility · per diem · both | 5 | $809 | $674 | $221 | 33% | 3–30 | $312 – $892 |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $191 | $191 | — | — | 2–20 | $191 – $191 |
| 11 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $153 | $153 | — | — | 2–20 | $153 – $153 |
| 12 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $189 | $189 | — | — | 2–20 | $189 – $189 |
| 13 | HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $191 | $191 | — | — | 2–20 | $191 – $191 |
| 14 | Monument Health Network Inc Spearfish, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $404 | $542 | $255 | 47% | 2–20 | $322 – $899 |
| 15 | Monument Health Network Inc Deadwood, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $364 | $584 | $339 | 58% | 2–20 | $325 – $1.1k |
| 16 | Monument Health Network Inc Custer, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $364 | $569 | $350 | 62% | 2–20 | $280 – $1.1k |
| 17 | North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale, MN facility · per diem · both | 5 | $809 | $674 | $221 | 33% | 2–20 | $312 – $892 |
| 18 | Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc. Watertown, SD percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $172 | $172 | — | — | 2–20 | $172 – $172 |
| 19 | ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH Omaha, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $196 | $242 | $120 | 50% | 1–10 | $131 – $444 |
| 20 | GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL Kearney, NE fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $196 | $332 | $275 | 83% | 1–10 | $131 – $807 |
| 21 | Hudson Hospital Hudson, WI facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $261 | $354 | $145 | 41% | 1–10 | $243 – $559 |
| 22 | Lakeview Hospital Stillwater, MN facility · other · both | 1 | $189 | $189 | — | — | 1–10 | $189 – $189 |
| 23 | Mercy Hospital Lebanon dba Mercy Hospital Lebanon Rolla, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $360 | $360 | — | — | 1–10 | $360 – $360 |
| 24 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $277 | $277 | — | — | 1–10 | $277 – $277 |
| 25 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $286 | $286 | — | — | 1–10 | $286 – $286 |
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