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 UPPER GI DELAY W/O KUB - FL UPPER GI WITHOUT KUB
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $684 is 149% above the median hospital's median price ($275), higher than 88% of the 2,478 hospitals reporting CPT 74240. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 8 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $155 | $155 | — | — | — | $155 – $155 |
| 3 | Aetna aetna whole health percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $443 | $443 | — | — | — | $443 – $443 |
| 4 | Optum optum health - medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $665 | $665 | — | — | — | $665 – $665 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - promise percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $704 | $704 | — | — | — | $704 – $704 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard case rate · outpatient | $725 | $725 | — | — | — | $725 – $725 |
| 7 | Aetna first health medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $997 | $997 | — | — | — | $997 – $997 |
| 8 | Aetna first health medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $997 | $997 | — | — | — | $997 – $997 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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