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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Minnesota 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$195$135 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$257 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $166 to $631Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $102 to $372
$100$200$500facility $447professional $195

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
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$363.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$724.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.70

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$229

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.