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Esophageal Transit Scan

Mississippi 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 October 2026.

How much does Esophageal Transit Scan cost?

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $537 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$170 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$234 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $170 to $813Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $158 to $316
$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $269

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$74.13

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Mississippi· 27th of 51

$269

AK $794TX $174

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.