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Scope Exam Of Swallowing Through The Nose

Nebraska 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 October 2026.

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

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$89.13 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$363 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $63 to $8,511Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $63 to $457
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $692professional $117

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
$186.21
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,230.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$489.78
5 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
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.62

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Washington than in Kentucky. 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.

Nebraska· 48th of 51

$117

WA $288KY $100

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.