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Esophageal Transit Scan

New York 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 $43 · 10th–90th $23$1100%10%20%10th90th$43$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0

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
$46.77
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$57.54
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$120.23