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Single X-ray To Check For A Swallowed Object In A Child

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 76010

This is a single x-ray image covering the area from the nose down through the digestive tract to the rectum, taken to check whether a child has swallowed a foreign object and where it might be located. It is a quick way to locate an ingested item without additional imaging views.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Single X-ray To Check For A Swallowed Object In A Child cost?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $135 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 5 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$28.84$26.92 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$28.84 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $29 to $380Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $21 to $100
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $135professional $29

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.90
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$70.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.7 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.

Washington, DC· 46th of 51

$28.84

AK $70.79FL $26.30

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.