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
Contrast x-ray esophagus
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $152 is 37% below the median hospital's median price ($241), higher than 11% of the 2,556 hospitals reporting CPT 74220. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 19 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $102 | $102 | — | — | — | $102 – $102 |
| 2 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $102 | $102 | — | — | — | $102 – $102 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $103 | $103 | — | — | — | $103 – $103 |
| 4 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $112 | $112 | — | — | — | $112 – $112 |
| 5 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $122 | $122 | — | — | — | $122 – $122 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $128 | $128 | — | — | — | $128 – $128 |
| 7 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $130 | $130 | — | — | — | $130 – $130 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $150 | $150 | — | — | — | $150 – $150 |
| 9 | Humana hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $152 | $152 | — | — | — | $152 – $152 |
| 10 | Humana medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $152 | $152 | — | — | — | $152 – $152 |
| 11 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $178 | $178 | — | — | — | $178 – $178 |
| 13 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $179 | $179 | — | — | — | $179 – $179 |
| 14 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $181 | $181 | — | — | — | $181 – $181 |
| 15 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $185 | $185 | — | — | — | $185 – $185 |
| 16 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $186 | $186 | — | — | — | $186 – $186 |
| 17 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $373 | $373 | — | — | — | $373 – $373 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $456 | $456 | — | — | — | $456 – $456 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $456 | $456 | — | — | — | $456 – $456 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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