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
$23
Average
$239
Median
$187
High
$955
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96 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 8.1× 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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174 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Ucare 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 | Maple Grove Hospital Corporation Grove, MN facility · other · both | 4 | $185 | $220 | $63 | 29% | 21–48 | $180 – $329 |
| 2 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN other · inpatient | 2 | $183 | $183 | $0 | 0% | 16–34 | $183 – $184 |
| 3 | Fairview Health Services Princeton, MN other · inpatient | 3 | $320 | $409 | $234 | 57% | 6–60 | $177 – $729 |
| 4 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 2 | $180 | $180 | $3 | 2% | 4–40 | $177 – $183 |
| 5 | Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MN other · inpatient | 2 | $180 | $180 | $1 | 1% | 4–40 | $178 – $181 |
| 6 | Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN other · inpatient | 2 | $180 | $180 | $3 | 2% | 4–40 | $177 – $183 |
| 7 | Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MN facility · other · inpatient | 2 | $174 | $174 | $13 | 7% | 4–40 | $161 – $187 |
| 8 | Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN facility · other · inpatient | 2 | $174 | $174 | $13 | 7% | 4–40 | $161 – $187 |
| 9 | North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale, MN facility · other · both | 4 | $185 | $220 | $63 | 29% | 3–30 | $180 – $329 |
| 10 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $188 | $188 | — | — | 2–20 | $188 – $188 |
| 11 | HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $178 | $178 | — | — | 2–20 | $178 – $178 |
| 12 | Regions Hospital St. Paul, MN facility · other · both | 1 | $176 | $176 | — | — | 1–10 | $176 – $176 |
| 13 | Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $558 | $558 | — | — | 1–10 | $558 – $558 |
| 14 | Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $604 | $604 | — | — | 1–10 | $604 – $604 |
| 15 | Allina Health Systems Shakopee, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $75 | $75 | — | — | — | $75 – $75 |
| 16 | Allina Health Systems MN; 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $87 | $87 | — | — | — | $87 – $87 |
| 17 | Allina Health Systems Owatonna, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $75 | $75 | — | — | — | $75 – $75 |
| 18 | Allina Health Systems Ulm, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $93 | $93 | — | — | — | $93 – $93 |
| 19 | Allina Health Systems MN 55443; 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $87 | $87 | — | — | — | $87 – $87 |
| 20 | Allina Health Systems Cambridge, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $75 | $75 | — | — | — | $75 – $75 |
| 21 | Allina Health Systems Faribualt, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $75 | $75 | — | — | — | $75 – $75 |
| 22 | Allina Health Systems River Falls, WI facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $75 | $75 | — | — | — | $75 – $75 |
| 23 | Allina Health Systems Minneapolis, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $87 | $87 | — | — | — | $87 – $87 |
| 24 | Allina Health Systems Buffalo, MN facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $75 | $75 | — | — | — | $75 – $75 |
| 25 | Alomere Health Alexandria, MN facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $208 | $208 | — | — | — | $208 – $208 |
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