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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 92611

A person swallows small amounts of food and liquid mixed with a contrast material while a moving X-ray video records the process, allowing a clinician to watch exactly how well swallowing works and whether anything is going down the wrong way. It is commonly used to evaluate swallowing difficulty or a risk of food or liquid entering the airway.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing cost?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$112$97.72 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$89.13 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $89 to $126Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $95 to $141
$100$200facility $89professional $112

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
3 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
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GN · Speech therapy plan
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Arkansas· 33rd of 51

$110

AK $245UT $64.57

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.