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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Ohio 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $240 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$85.11 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$240$138 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $240 · 10th to 90th $87 to $389Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $68 to $186
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $240professional $100

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
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$213.80
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$223.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17
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
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$97.72

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 38th of 51

$102

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.