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

South 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$24.55 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$37.15 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $25 to $224Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $24 to $52
$20$50$100$200facility $93professional $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
$24.55
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$64.57
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$30.20

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.