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
$355
Median
$292
High
$23.9k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1615 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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iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare 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 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO other · both | 1 | $176 | $176 | — | — | 53 | $176 – $176 |
| 2 | Public Hospital Dis No 1 Skagit dba Skagit Valley Hospital Vernon, WA fee schedule · both | 2 | $442 | $442 | $255 | 58% | 44–53 | $187 – $697 |
| 3 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO per diem · both | 1 | $380 | $380 | — | — | 42 | $380 – $380 |
| 4 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $207 | $207 | — | — | 39–48 | $207 – $207 |
| 5 | Wentworth Douglass Hospital Dover, NH other · both | 1 | $186 | $186 | — | — | 34 | $186 – $186 |
| 6 | University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA other · both | 2 | $351 | $351 | $175 | 50% | 32 | $176 – $526 |
| 7 | Salem Hospital Salem, MA other · both | 1 | $207 | $207 | — | — | 26 | $207 – $207 |
| 8 | Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital St. Peters, MO other · both | 1 | $176 | $176 | — | — | 25 | $176 – $176 |
| 9 | THE CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL TORRINGTON, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $72 | $72 | — | — | 25 | $72 – $72 |
| 10 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $207 | $207 | — | — | 24 | $207 – $207 |
| 11 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO other · both | 1 | $176 | $176 | — | — | 23 | $176 – $176 |
| 12 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $171 | $171 | — | — | 21 | $171 – $171 |
| 13 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $171 | $171 | — | — | 21 | $171 – $171 |
| 14 | Memorial Hospital Shiloh, IL other · both | 1 | $176 | $176 | — | — | 21 | $176 – $176 |
| 15 | Columbus Regional Hospital Columbus, IN other · both | 1 | $186 | $186 | — | — | 19 | $186 – $186 |
| 16 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC other · outpatient | 1 | $172 | $172 | — | — | 19 | $172 – $172 |
| 17 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI other · inpatient | 5 | $246 | $280 | $157 | 56% | 18–54 | $60 – $491 |
| 18 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Elizabethtown, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $193 | $193 | — | — | 17 | $193 – $193 |
| 19 | HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN other · inpatient | 3 | $303 | $261 | $60 | 23% | 17–35 | $176 – $303 |
| 20 | Missouri Baptist Medical Center Saint Louis, MO per diem · both | 1 | $296 | $296 | — | — | 17 | $296 – $296 |
| 21 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $773 | $773 | — | — | 16 | $773 – $773 |
| 22 | Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $173 | $173 | — | — | 16 | $173 – $173 |
| 23 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $438 | $438 | $157 | 36% | 16–25 | $281 – $594 |
| 24 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $438 | $438 | $157 | 36% | 16–25 | $281 – $594 |
| 25 | MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER MERIDEN, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $72 | $72 | — | — | 16 | $72 – $72 |
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