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
$39
Average
$215
Median
$179
High
$2.0k
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209 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 2.7× 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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231 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Medicare 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 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark, MO facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $172 | $172 | — | — | 44 | $172 – $172 |
| 2 | Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield, MO facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $172 | $172 | — | — | 44 | $172 – $172 |
| 3 | METHODIST LEBONHEUR GERMANTOWN HOSP GERMANTOWN, TN other · both | 1 | $163 | $163 | — | — | 42 | $163 – $163 |
| 4 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA other · both | 3 | $248 | $248 | — | — | 35 | $248 – $248 |
| 5 | John Muir Health Concord, CA other · both | 3 | $248 | $248 | — | — | 31–40 | $248 – $248 |
| 6 | METHODIST NORTH HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TN other · both | 1 | $163 | $163 | — | — | 26 | $163 – $163 |
| 7 | Boston Medical Center Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $204 | $204 | — | — | 14 | $204 – $204 |
| 8 | Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc City, OK facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $162 | $162 | — | — | 14 | $162 – $162 |
| 9 | Newton Wellesley Hospital Newton, MA other · both | 1 | $211 | $211 | — | — | 12 | $211 – $211 |
| 10 | Benefis Hospitals Inc Helena, MT other · outpatient | 1 | $179 | $179 | — | — | 11 | $179 – $179 |
| 11 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Lakewood, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $110 | $110 | — | — | 11 | $110 – $110 |
| 12 | OKTIBBEHA COUNTY HOSPITAL STARKVILLE, MS other · outpatient | 1 | $151 | $151 | — | — | 3–30 | $151 – $151 |
| 13 | Anderson Hospital Maryville, IL professional · other · outpatient | 1 | $114 | $114 | — | — | 2–20 | $114 – $114 |
| 14 | Aspen Valley Hospital District Aspen, CO facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 4 | $609 | $609 | $6 | 1% | 2–20 | $603 – $615 |
| 15 | Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $211 | $211 | $0 | 0% | 2–20 | $211 – $211 |
| 16 | DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DELTA, CO other · outpatient | 1 | $185 | $185 | — | — | 2–20 | $185 – $185 |
| 17 | METHODIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TN other · both | 1 | $163 | $163 | — | — | 2–20 | $163 – $163 |
| 18 | Mercy Perry Perryville, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $164 | $164 | $109 | 67% | 2–20 | $55 – $273 |
| 19 | ONEIDA HEALTH ONEIDA, NY other · outpatient | 1 | $219 | $219 | — | — | 2–20 | $219 – $219 |
| 20 | Boston Medical Center South Brockton, MA other · both | 1 | $210 | $210 | — | — | 1–10 | $210 – $210 |
| 21 | Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $211 | $211 | — | — | 1–10 | $211 – $211 |
| 22 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INIATIVES COLORADO Westminster, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $105 | $105 | — | — | 1–10 | $105 – $105 |
| 23 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Pueblo, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $109 | $109 | — | — | 1–10 | $109 – $109 |
| 24 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Canon City, CO other · inpatient | 1 | $139 | $139 | — | — | 1–10 | $139 – $139 |
| 25 | CATHOLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES COLORADO Canon City, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $76 | $76 | — | — | 1–10 | $76 – $76 |
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