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

Louisiana 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$30.90$25.70 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$33.11 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $31 to $234Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $22 to $46
$20$50$100$200$500facility $81professional $31

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
$29.51
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$33.11

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.