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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$102$89.13 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$107 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $81 to $479Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $85 to $162
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $151professional $102

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
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$125.89
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53
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
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th 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.