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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HC X-RAY XM ESOPHAGUS 2CNTRST
Low
$0
Average
$437
Median
$271
High
$35.8k
Each hospital's average Aetna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1613 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 4.7× 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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2,744 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Aetna 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 | NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH GOLDEN, CO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $589 | $589 | — | — | 76 | $589 – $589 |
| 2 | University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $803 | $777 | $53 | 7% | 50–59 | $687 – $817 |
| 3 | HCA HEALTHONE SKY RIDGE Lone Tree, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.8k | $1.8k | $373 | 20% | 33–42 | $1.4k – $2.3k |
| 4 | HCA HEALTHONE SOUTH PARKER ER PARKER, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.8k | $1.8k | $373 | 20% | 33–42 | $1.4k – $2.3k |
| 5 | MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER MERIDEN, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $73 | $73 | — | — | 30 | $73 – $73 |
| 6 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC. Louisville, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $702 | $623 | $289 | 46% | 24 | $236 – $930 |
| 7 | University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA other · both | 1 | $176 | $176 | — | — | 23 | $176 – $176 |
| 8 | Lancaster General Health Lancaster, PA facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $180 | $180 | — | — | 22 | $180 – $180 |
| 9 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Elizabethtown, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $455 | $418 | $171 | 41% | 19 | $193 – $606 |
| 10 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $660 | $660 | — | — | 19 | $660 – $660 |
| 11 | THE CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL TORRINGTON, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $73 | $73 | — | — | 19 | $73 – $73 |
| 12 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO other · both | 2 | $176 | $176 | — | — | 17–26 | $176 – $176 |
| 13 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 1 | $327 | $327 | — | — | 15 | $327 – $327 |
| 14 | Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $175 | $175 | $2 | 1% | 15–24 | $173 – $177 |
| 15 | Beebe Medical Center Inc. Lewes, DE facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $509 | $509 | — | — | 14 | $509 – $509 |
| 16 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA other · both | 1 | $218 | $218 | — | — | 14 | $218 – $218 |
| 17 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $172 | $172 | $0 | 0% | 13–22 | $171 – $172 |
| 18 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $172 | $172 | $0 | 0% | 13–22 | $171 – $172 |
| 19 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $218 | $218 | — | — | 13 | $218 – $218 |
| 20 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $218 | $218 | — | — | 12 | $218 – $218 |
| 21 | Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation Parkersburg, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $176 | $145 | $54 | 37% | 12 | $51 – $176 |
| 22 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $177 | $152 | $51 | 33% | 11 | $51 – $177 |
| 23 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $294 | $381 | $199 | 52% | 4–40 | $214 – $768 |
| 24 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $279 | $360 | $189 | 52% | 4–40 | $203 – $727 |
| 25 | Carteret County General Hospital Corporation Morehead City, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $416 | $336 | $113 | 33% | 3–30 | $177 – $416 |
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