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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Iowa 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$123 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$138 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $98 to $229Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $93 to $275
$100$200$500facility $186professional $174

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
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$467.74
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
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
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$174

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.