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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Utah 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?

$64.57

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$54.95 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$126 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $126 to $166Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $49 to $151
$50$100$200facility $132professional $65

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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$169.82
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
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
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 51st of 51

$64.57

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.