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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Kansas 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $170 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$105 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$170 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $135 to $178Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $95 to $741
$100$200$500facility $170professional $123

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
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
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
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.90

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 13th of 51

$148

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.