Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium and gas) cost at US hospitals

Upper gastrointestinal series with scout abdominal radiographs and delayed images, double-contrast study · CPT 74246

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Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium and gas)

You swallow a chalky barium drink and, for this version, crystals that fizz into gas, then a radiologist watches on a live x-ray screen as it goes down. Coating the lining with barium and inflating it with gas shows surface detail that a plain barium swallow cannot.

$44.82

lowest cash price

$660.40

national median

$6,557.07

highest cash price

879

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $44.82–$6,557.07 — the variation is the story.

Most expensive published cash price

$6,557.07

HCA FLORIDA TRINITY HOSPITAL — TRINITY, FL

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($1,054.10) → Sep 1, 2026 ($1,134.36)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 3 $832.02 $1,194.96 $1,290.12
Arizona 23 $116.85 $184.20 $839.95
Arkansas 7 $202.05 $369.32 $629.00
California 90 $44.82 $660.40 $1,788.88
Colorado 16 $145.73 $2,105.18 $5,888.30
Florida 71 $222.00 $1,717.31 $6,557.07
Georgia 25 $412.92 $738.66 $3,317.97
Hawaii 2 $227.20 $227.20 $458.25
Illinois 51 $200.00 $838.20 $2,006.64
Indiana 26 $465.62 $704.40 $1,134.36
Iowa 26 $302.88 $498.31 $1,145.00
Kansas 11 $441.60 $908.05 $2,649.32
Kentucky 22 $318.13 $1,134.36 $1,225.20
Louisiana 2 $351.52 $351.52 $351.52
Maine 7 $1,004.15 $1,120.50 $1,761.90
Maryland 2 $464.40 $464.40 $464.40
Michigan 27 $168.00 $330.00 $1,627.20
Minnesota 19 $207.79 $208.99 $1,020.00
Mississippi 6 $184.00 $311.88 $392.07
Missouri 20 $458.90 $574.20 $4,068.14
Montana 2 $432.80 $432.80 $652.00
Nebraska 12 $465.36 $530.04 $1,098.92
Nevada 1 $643.20 $643.20 $643.20
New Hampshire 1 $1,054.10 $1,054.10 $1,054.10
New Jersey 21 $178.66 $215.10 $275.47
New Mexico 2 $780.36 $780.36 $780.36
New York 23 $210.66 $210.66 $2,340.00
North Carolina 15 $527.35 $527.35 $1,948.00
North Dakota 4 $492.00 $868.00 $984.00
Ohio 65 $324.00 $780.00 $1,238.40
Oklahoma 13 $321.62 $398.20 $1,885.54
Oregon 13 $157.68 $780.75 $826.20
Pennsylvania 31 $349.20 $600.50 $1,312.80
South Carolina 11 $325.50 $455.40 $2,820.00
South Dakota 4 $910.40 $928.00 $1,072.80
Tennessee 36 $65.70 $189.09 $2,908.64
Texas 115 $255.33 $665.87 $6,364.59
Virginia 39 $65.70 $852.50 $4,358.00
Washington 31 $359.32 $628.40 $1,789.20
West Virginia 16 $276.00 $416.80 $1,670.50
Wisconsin 32 $200.07 $705.00 $1,079.10
Wyoming 4 $229.32 $622.34 $677.14

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Hinsdale Hinsdale, IL $200.00 $130.04 – $304.50
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange La Grange, IL $200.00 $124.92 – $304.50
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth Bolingbrook Bolingbrook, IL $200.00 $124.92 – $304.50
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Appleton, WI $200.07 $45.23 – $359.39
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh, WI $200.07 $45.23 – $359.39
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis, AR $202.05 $41.00 – $326.02
Ascension Saint Thomas Highlands Sparta, TN $202.23 $42.49 – $291.55
Ascension Saint Thomas DeKalb Smithville, TN $202.23 $42.49 – $291.55
Ascension Saint Thomas River Park McMinnville, TN $202.23 $42.49 – $291.55
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro, TN $202.23 $46.68 – $291.55
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown Nashville, TN $202.23 $46.68 – $291.55
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi, CA $205.24 $39.93 – $468.23
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407, MN $207.79 $115.72 – $445.67
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN $207.79 $115.72 – $331.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN $207.79 $115.72 – $331.00
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee, WI $208.29 $117.61 – $401.74
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee, WI $208.29 $117.61 – $401.74
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt, MN $208.99 $164.00 – $385.78
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo, MN $208.99 $164.00 – $385.78
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge, MN $208.99 $164.00 – $385.78
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls, MN $208.99 $157.91 – $682.57
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna, MN $208.99 $164.00 – $385.78
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJ $209.65 $76.52 – $552.17
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen, NJ $209.65 $84.41 – $483.42
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016, NY $210.66 $1.00 – $328.43
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY $210.66 $1.00 – $328.43
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx, NY $210.66 $1.00 – $328.43
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York, NY $210.66 $1.00 – $328.43
Harlem Hospital Center New York, NY $210.66 $1.00 – $328.43
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn, NY $210.66 $1.00 – $328.43
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica, NY $210.66 $1.00 – $328.43
Elmhurst Hospital Center NY 11373, NY $210.66 $1.00 – $328.43
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY $210.66 $1.00 – $328.43
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn, NY $210.66 $1.00 – $328.43
North Central Bronx Bronx, NY $210.66 $1.00 – $328.43
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth, NJ $215.10 $72.23 – $505.24
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins, CO $215.69 $106.00 – $429.38
TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Templeton, CA $219.03 $225.20 – $4,067.70
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe, FL $222.00 $191.38 – $393.89
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced, CA $223.00 $127.36 – $218.90
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Hamilton Township, NJ $227.00 $84.41 – $505.24
CASTLE MEDICAL CENTER Kailua, HI $227.20 $54.40 – $1,242.50
Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper, WY $229.32 $147.42 – $524.16
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora, CA $231.54 $5.00 – $430.51
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville, NJ $234.06 $76.47 – $505.24
Community Medical Center Toms River, NJ $237.68 $84.41 – $505.24
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City, NJ $238.13 $84.41 – $505.24
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark, NJ $238.71 $74.35 – $505.24
Henry Ford Hospital Detroit MI 48202 | 19401 Hubbard Dr., MI $241.18 $26.63 – $451.58
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI $241.18 $26.63 – $451.58

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