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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

South Dakota 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 8 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$155$100 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$91.20 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $91 to $204Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $93 to $245
$100$200$500facility $132professional $155

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$213.80
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$229.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$155

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.