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Esophageal Transit Scan

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 78258

A nuclear medicine test of how food and drink travel down the food pipe. You swallow a small amount of liquid mixed with a radioactive tracer while a camera records its passage, showing how quickly and how evenly it reaches the stomach. It is used when swallowing feels slow, sticky or obstructed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th–90th $30$2090%20%10th90th$62Professionalmedian $52 · 10th–90th $35$1510%20%40%10th90th$52$0.5$5.0$50.0$500.0$5.0K$50.0K$500.0K

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Facility and professional rates are different services and are charted separately. Need provider-level prices? Contact us.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34,673.69
Median
$102,329.30
Typical High
$199,526.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$186.21