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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Tennessee 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $89.13 to $759.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $85 to $263Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $85 to $776
$100$200$500facility $95professional $126

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$199.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GN · Speech therapy plan
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 22nd of 51

$126

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.