Scans and imagingCPT 74220Inpatient — admitted to hospital
Barium swallow cost in Milan, MO — inpatient
In Milan, MO, 1 hospital
lists a cash price for barium swallow (esophagus X-ray with contrast) as an inpatient:
from $541.00 to
$541.00, with a median of
$541.00.
Across Missouri, the median is $424.38 at
62 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1
facility
for code 74220,
as an inpatient (admitted to hospital)
.
Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files
themselves were last updated between Jul 1, 2026 and
Jul 1, 2026.
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Inpatient:
lowest $541.00, median $541.00,
highest $541.00.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by
1 facility here,
median $541.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not
being admitted.
What it is
A barium swallow is a live X-ray of the esophagus while you drink barium. It shows narrowing, hernias and problems with how food passes.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the study and the barium. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.