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 AIR CONTRAST - FL BARIUM ENEMA AIR CONTRAST
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $1.0k is 212% above the median hospital's median price ($328), higher than 90% of the 2,414 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: 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 | Aetna aetna whole health fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 3 | Optum optum health - medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $604 | $604 | — | — | — | $604 – $604 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna - hmo/pos percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $853 | $853 | — | — | — | $853 – $853 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $959 | $959 | — | — | — | $959 – $959 |
| 6 | Aetna first health medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 7 | Aetna aetna - hmo/pos percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 8 | Molina molina - exchange percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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