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Scope Exam Of Swallowing Through The Nose

Alaska rates for HCPCS 92612

In this test, a thin, flexible scope is passed gently through the nose and positioned above the voice box to directly watch a person swallow food or liquid, sometimes with dye added to make it easier to see. It shows whether food or liquid is entering the airway or remaining in the throat after a swallow, and the images can be recorded for later review. It does not use X-rays or radiation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Scope Exam Of Swallowing Through The Nose cost?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $182 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 6 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$204$151 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$85.11 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $68 to $398Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $68 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $182professional $204

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
$186.21
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$371.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$831.76

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.5 times more in Alaska than in Indiana. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$204

AK $204IN $132

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.