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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Arizona 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$87.10 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$132 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $85 to $575Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $83 to $741
$100$200$500facility $347professional $100

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
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GN · Speech therapy plan
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 42nd of 51

$100

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.