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X-ray Guided Removal Of Swallowed Object

Alaska rates for HCPCS 74235

Removal of an object stuck in the esophagus, the tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach, using a thin tube with a small balloon on the end. The doctor watches on a live X-ray screen while the balloon is passed beyond the object, inflated, and pulled back to bring the object out. This covers the imaging guidance and its interpretation during the removal.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does X-ray Guided Removal Of Swallowed Object cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $479 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$355 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$479 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $468 to $692Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $170 to $646
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $479professional $479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$398.11

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$479

AK $479FL $123

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.