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
X-ray upper gi delay w/o kub
Houston, TX
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The Methodist Hospital’s median price of $335 is 23% above the median hospital's median price ($273), higher than 61% of the 2,503 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: 6 payers, 13 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 medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $179 | $179 | — | — | — | $179 – $179 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $180 | $180 | — | — | — | $180 – $180 |
| 4 | Cigna texas healthspring medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $181 | $181 | — | — | — | $181 – $181 |
| 5 | Molina advantage medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $185 | $185 | — | — | — | $185 – $185 |
| 6 | Aetna new business discount other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $335 | $335 | — | — | — | $335 – $335 |
| 7 | Optum transplant medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $344 | $344 | — | — | — | $344 – $344 |
| 8 | Aetna hmo/pos/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $346 | $346 | — | — | — | $346 – $346 |
| 9 | Molina exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $381 | $381 | — | — | — | $381 – $381 |
| 10 | Cigna local plus/surefit hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $494 | $494 | — | — | — | $494 – $494 |
| 11 | Cigna network c-24 hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $494 | $494 | — | — | — | $494 – $494 |
| 12 | Cigna pcp optional/pcp required benefit plans hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $523 | $523 | — | — | — | $523 – $523 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $722 | $722 | — | — | — | $722 – $722 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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