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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Michigan 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 July 2026.

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

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $135 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$91.20 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$110 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $107 to $372Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $83 to $155
$100$200$500facility $135professional $107

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$162.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$251.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$263.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Michigan· 30th of 51

$107

AK $214DC $89.13

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.