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
HC X-RAY XM ESOPHAGUS 2CNTRST
Low
$0
Average
$460
Median
$282
High
$18.8k
Each hospital's average Blue Cross Blue Shield rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1098 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 4.2× 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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1,695 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield 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 | St. Peter's Health Helena, MT fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $178 | $178 | — | — | 86 | $178 – $178 |
| 2 | AnMed Health Anderson, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $499 | $504 | $159 | 32% | 65–110 | $286 – $760 |
| 3 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $592 | $592 | — | — | 62 | $592 – $592 |
| 4 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $589 | $589 | — | — | 52–70 | $589 – $589 |
| 5 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $167 | $167 | $2 | 1% | 50–77 | $165 – $170 |
| 6 | Wentworth Douglass Hospital Dover, NH other · both | 4 | $736 | $711 | $390 | 55% | 49 | $182 – $1.2k |
| 7 | Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation Parkersburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $839 | $839 | — | — | 38 | $839 – $839 |
| 8 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $353 | $353 | $72 | 20% | 35 | $281 – $424 |
| 9 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $353 | $353 | $72 | 20% | 35 | $281 – $424 |
| 10 | Cooley Dickinson Hospital Northampton, MA other · both | 1 | $211 | $211 | — | — | 20 | $211 – $211 |
| 11 | Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $305 | $305 | $155 | 51% | 17–26 | $150 – $460 |
| 12 | Carteret County General Hospital Corporation Morehead City, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $398 | $398 | — | — | 16–25 | $398 – $398 |
| 13 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $150 | $150 | $0 | 0% | 16–61 | $150 – $150 |
| 14 | SwedishAmerican Hospital IL 61104; 1625 S State St Belvidere, IL percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 3 | $277 | $252 | $82 | 33% | 16 | $142 – $338 |
| 15 | Carteret County General Hospital Corporation Morehead City, NC facility · fee schedule · both | 2 | $149 | $149 | $27 | 18% | 15–24 | $122 – $176 |
| 16 | Holyoke Medical Center Holyoke, MA facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $250 | $250 | — | — | 14–23 | $250 – $250 |
| 17 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $211 | $211 | — | — | 13 | $211 – $211 |
| 18 | Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $214 | $214 | — | — | 13 | $214 – $214 |
| 19 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA other · both | 1 | $211 | $211 | — | — | 12 | $211 – $211 |
| 20 | Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $279 | $276 | $53 | 19% | 8–80 | $182 – $334 |
| 21 | SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $275 | $284 | $80 | 28% | 6–60 | $191 – $376 |
| 22 | ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $713 | $717 | $120 | 17% | 6–60 | $583 – $853 |
| 23 | Saline Memorial Hospital Benton, AR fee schedule · both | 4 | $178 | $176 | $3 | 2% | 6–60 | $170 – $178 |
| 24 | Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital St. Peters, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $150 | $150 | $0 | 0% | 4–40 | $150 – $150 |
| 25 | Memorial Hospital Shiloh, IL fee schedule · both | 2 | $150 | $150 | $0 | 0% | 4–40 | $150 – $150 |
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