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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Montana 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 6 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$135$89.13 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$145 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $120 to $240Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $83 to $457
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $158professional $135

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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 7th of 51

$151

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.