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.
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Contrast x-ray exam of colon
Atlanta, GA
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Emory University’s median price of $260 is 20% below the median hospital's median price ($327), higher than 38% of the 2,438 hospitals reporting CPT 74280. 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 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $178 | $178 | — | — | — | $178 – $178 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $179 | $179 | — | — | — | $179 – $179 |
| 4 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $181 | $181 | — | — | — | $181 – $181 |
| 5 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $185 | $185 | — | — | — | $185 – $185 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $186 | $186 | — | — | — | $186 – $186 |
| 7 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $236 | $236 | — | — | — | $236 – $236 |
| 8 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $236 | $236 | — | — | — | $236 – $236 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $238 | $238 | — | — | — | $238 – $238 |
| 10 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $260 | $260 | — | — | — | $260 – $260 |
| 11 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $283 | $283 | — | — | — | $283 – $283 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $296 | $296 | — | — | — | $296 – $296 |
| 13 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $301 | $301 | — | — | — | $301 – $301 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $348 | $348 | — | — | — | $348 – $348 |
| 15 | Humana hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $352 | $352 | — | — | — | $352 – $352 |
| 16 | Humana medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $352 | $352 | — | — | — | $352 – $352 |
| 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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