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 upper digestive tract
Low
$1
Average
$509
Median
$336
High
$51.5k
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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 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Corbin, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.5k | $1.5k | $1.2k | 82% | 88 | $264 – $2.6k |
| 2 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $271 | $351 | $184 | 52% | 80 | $197 – $707 |
| 3 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $257 | $332 | $174 | 52% | 80 | $187 – $670 |
| 4 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $498 | $498 | — | — | 39 | $498 – $498 |
| 5 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $172 | $172 | — | — | 33 | $172 – $172 |
| 6 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $172 | $172 | — | — | 33 | $172 – $172 |
| 7 | HARTFORD HOSPITAL HARTFORD, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $73 | $73 | — | — | 31 | $73 – $73 |
| 8 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Paducah, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $746 | $746 | $482 | 65% | 24 | $264 – $1.2k |
| 9 | Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Hartford, CT facility · other · both | 1 | $206 | $206 | — | — | 24 | $206 – $206 |
| 10 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · both | 1 | $86 | $86 | — | — | 23 | $86 – $86 |
| 11 | Samaritan Medical Center Watertown, NY facility · other · inpatient | 2 | $504 | $504 | $274 | 54% | 21–39 | $230 – $778 |
| 12 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Marlton, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $259 | 24% | 21–39 | $761 – $1.4k |
| 13 | Virtua_West_Jersey_Health_System_Inc Voorhees, NJ percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.1k | $1.1k | $259 | 24% | 21–39 | $761 – $1.4k |
| 14 | NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Philadelphia, PA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $584 | $584 | — | — | 19–28 | $584 – $584 |
| 15 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $985 | $985 | — | — | 18 | $985 – $985 |
| 16 | BAPTIST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INC Lexington, KY percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $1.4k | $1.2k | $631 | 55% | 16 | $297 – $1.8k |
| 17 | LUCILE SALTER PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD PALO ALTO, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.6k | $1.6k | $99 | 6% | 16 | $1.5k – $1.7k |
| 18 | St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $706 | $716 | $18 | 3% | 16 | $703 – $747 |
| 19 | Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood, SC facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $474 | $474 | — | — | 15 | $474 – $474 |
| 20 | THE WILLIAM W BACKUS HOSPITAL PLAINFIELD, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $73 | $73 | — | — | 15 | $73 – $73 |
| 21 | HARTFORD HOSPITAL HARTFORD, CT fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $265 | $265 | $7 | 3% | 14 | $259 – $272 |
| 22 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $177 | $157 | $45 | 29% | 14 | $56 – $177 |
| 23 | The Toledo Hospital Maumee, OH facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $261 | $265 | $7 | 3% | 12–21 | $261 – $275 |
| 24 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $40 | $40 | — | — | 11–110 | $40 – $40 |
| 25 | MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER MERIDEN, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $73 | $73 | — | — | 11 | $73 – $73 |
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