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Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing

West 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 July 2026.

How much does Video X-ray Study Of Swallowing cost?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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 5 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$102$89.13 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$87.10 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $87 to $115Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $89 to $148
$100$200facility $89professional $102

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$436.52
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 40th of 51

$97.72

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.