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 COLON CONTRAST - FL BARIUM ENEMA SINGLE CONTRAST WATER SOLUBLE
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $906 is 211% above the median hospital's median price ($292), higher than 92% of the 2,478 hospitals reporting CPT 74270. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 11 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 | Optum optum health - commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Molina molina - exchange percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $84 | $84 | — | — | — | $84 – $84 |
| 3 | MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $640 | $640 | — | — | — | $640 – $640 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $667 | $667 | — | — | — | $667 – $667 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $813 | $813 | — | — | — | $813 – $813 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $906 | $906 | — | — | — | $906 – $906 |
| 7 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $906 | $906 | — | — | — | $906 – $906 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $933 | $933 | — | — | — | $933 – $933 |
| 9 | Medicaid medi-cal percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $933 | $933 | — | — | — | $933 – $933 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1000 | $1000 | — | — | — | $1000 – $1000 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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