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

North Carolina 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $115 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 7 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$30.20$26.30 to $51.29
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$37.15 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $26 to $204Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $22 to $93
$20$50$100$200facility $115professional $30

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
$147.91
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$63.10
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$75.86
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 17th of 51

$36.31

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.