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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Connecticut 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$145$117 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$170 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $110 to $661Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $81 to $219
$100$200$500facility $324professional $145

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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
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
$41.69
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 14th of 51

$145

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.