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

Maryland 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 Maryland, 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 $91.20 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 6 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$25.12 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$52.48 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $17 to $200Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $20 to $65
$10$20$50$100$200facility $91professional $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
$26.92
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$83.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$56.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$66.07
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th 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.