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Report On A Camera Swallowing Study

Alabama rates for HCPCS 92613

Covers the review and written report of a swallowing study in which a thin flexible camera passed through the nose records what happens as the patient swallows food and liquid. Only the interpretation of that recording and the written report are covered here; the appointment where the recording is made is billed separately. The report describes whether food or liquid is entering the airway and which food textures and liquid thicknesses are safe.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Report On A Camera Swallowing Study cost?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 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 4 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$43.65$36.31 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$162 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $148 to $240Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $33 to $54
$50$100$200facility $182professional $44

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$66.07

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.6 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.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$43.65

AK $89.13DC $34.67

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.