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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 October 2026.

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

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$112$102 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$158 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $105 to $525Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $95 to $151
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $229professional $112

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
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$281.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
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
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
GN · Speech therapy plan
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$707.95

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 29th of 51

$115

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.