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
$207
Median
$179
High
$1.9k
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219 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 3.4× 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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250 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Medicare 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 | STATE OF MISSISSIPPI-UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER JACKSON, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $158 | $158 | — | — | 193 | $158 – $158 |
| 2 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $162 | $162 | — | — | 154 | $162 – $162 |
| 3 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA other · both | 3 | $248 | $248 | — | — | 149 | $248 – $248 |
| 4 | PRISMA HEALTH PATEWOOD HOSPITAL GREENVILLE, SC other · both | 1 | $167 | $167 | — | — | 113–122 | $167 – $167 |
| 5 | PRISMA HEALTH BAPTIST PARKRIDGE HOSPITAL COLUMBIA, SC other · both | 1 | $168 | $168 | — | — | 102 | $168 – $168 |
| 6 | PRISMA HEALTH RICHLAND HOSPITAL COLUMBIA, SC other · both | 1 | $168 | $168 | — | — | 102 | $168 – $168 |
| 7 | PRISMA HEALTH GREER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GREER, SC other · both | 1 | $167 | $167 | — | — | 97 | $167 – $167 |
| 8 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSP GERMANTOWN, TN other · both | 1 | $163 | $163 | — | — | 95 | $163 – $163 |
| 9 | Samaritan Hospital Troy, NY professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $75 | $75 | — | — | 86 | $75 – $75 |
| 10 | MVHS, Inc. Utica, NY other · outpatient | 1 | $219 | $219 | — | — | 77 | $219 – $219 |
| 11 | PRISMA HEALTH HILLCREST HOSPITAL SIMPSONVILLE, SC other · both | 1 | $167 | $167 | — | — | 74 | $167 – $167 |
| 12 | DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DELTA, CO other · outpatient | 1 | $185 | $185 | — | — | 63 | $185 – $185 |
| 13 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $172 | $172 | — | — | 62 | $172 – $172 |
| 14 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $172 | $172 | — | — | 62 | $172 – $172 |
| 15 | Southeast Hospital dba Mercy Hospital Southeast Girardeau, MO facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $172 | $172 | — | — | 61 | $172 – $172 |
| 16 | Boston Medical Center Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $204 | $204 | — | — | 60 | $204 – $204 |
| 17 | Mercy Hospital Rogers dba Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Rogers, AR facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $161 | $161 | — | — | 60 | $161 – $161 |
| 18 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $167 | $167 | — | — | 59 | $167 – $167 |
| 19 | Mercy Hospital Fort Smith Smith, AR facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $167 | $167 | — | — | 59 | $167 – $167 |
| 20 | Massachusetts Eye and Ear Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $211 | $211 | — | — | 58 | $211 – $211 |
| 21 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $211 | $211 | — | — | 58–67 | $211 – $211 |
| 22 | John Muir Health Concord, CA other · both | 3 | $248 | $248 | — | — | 53 | $248 – $248 |
| 23 | PRISMA HEALTH OCONEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SENECA, SC other · both | 1 | $179 | $179 | — | — | 52 | $179 – $179 |
| 24 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Durango, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $149 | $149 | — | — | 45 | $149 – $149 |
| 25 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $211 | $211 | — | — | 41–50 | $211 – $211 |
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