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Upper Digestive Tract X-Ray, Air Contrast Study

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 74247

This covers an X-ray study of the upper digestive tract that uses both a swallowed contrast liquid and air to expand the stomach and intestine, giving a more detailed view of the lining than a standard contrast study alone. Images are taken as the contrast moves through the esophagus, stomach, and into the beginning of the small intestine. It helps evaluate symptoms such as pain, difficulty swallowing, or suspected abnormalities in this part of the digestive tract.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Upper Digestive Tract X-Ray, Air Contrast Study cost?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $525 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$224$219 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$417 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,148Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $219 to $447
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $525professional $224

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Tennessee than in Idaho. 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.

Minnesota· 21st of 37

$275

TN $708ID $30.20

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.