Swallow study cost in Jacksonville, FL
In Jacksonville, FL, 12 hospitals list a cash price for swallow study (modified barium swallow, video X-ray): from $216.82 to $4,323.00, with a median of $365.80. The lowest listed price is at Ascension St Vincent's Southside and 3 other hospitals — $148.98 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $975.50 at 161 hospitals.
- The median here, $365.80, is 22% below the US median of $467.81.
- That is 2.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($179.20).
- Jacksonville, FL has the lowest median of 4 metro areas in Florida with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 2 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 6 cities for code 74230, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 31, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Jacksonville, FL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension St Vincent's Southside lowest Jacksonville, FL · (904) 296-3700 XR PHARYNX/ESOPH SWALLOW File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $216.82 | $586.00 | $117.20–$216.82 | 63% |
| Ascension St Vincent's Riverside lowest Jacksonville, FL · (904) 308-7300 XR PHARYNX/ESOPH SWALLOW+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $216.82 | $586.00 | $117.20–$298.47 | 63% |
| St. Vincent's Medical Center-Clay County lowest Middleburg, FL · (904) 602-1000 XR PHARYNX/ESOPH SWALLOW+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $216.82 | $586.00 | $117.20–$393.89 | 63% |
| Ascension St Vincent's St Johns County lowest Saint Johns, FL · (904) 450-6020 XR PHARYNX/ESOPH SWALLOW+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $216.82 | $586.00 | $117.20–$298.47 | 63% |
| Baptist Medical Center of Nassau Fernandina Beach, FL · (904) 321-3500 HC X-RAY ESOPH BARIUM SWLW W/ VIDEO & SPEECH File of Feb 6, 2026 · source file | $365.80 | $590.00 | $171.10–$578.20 | 38% |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Fleming Island, FL · (904) 202-2000 HC X-RAY ESOPH BARIUM SWLW W/ VIDEO & SPEECH File of Feb 6, 2026 · source file | $365.80 | $590.00 | $135.70–$578.20 | 38% |
| Baptist Medical Center of the Beaches Jacksonville Beach, FL · (904) 247-2900 HC X-RAY ESOPH BARIUM SWLW W/ VIDEO & SPEECH File of Feb 6, 2026 · source file | $365.80 | $590.00 | $135.70–$578.20 | 38% |
| Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · (904) 202-2000 HC X-RAY ESOPH BARIUM SWLW W/ VIDEO & SPEECH+1 more line at this price File of Feb 6, 2026 · source file | $365.80 | $590.00 | $135.70–$578.20 | 38% |
| Baptist Medical Center South Jacksonville, FL · (904) 202-2000 HC X-RAY ESOPH BARIUM SWLW W/ VIDEO & SPEECH File of Feb 6, 2026 · source file | $365.80 | $590.00 | $135.70–$578.20 | 38% |
| University of Florida Health in Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL · (904) 244-4000 HB SWALLOW FUNCTION W/VIDEO INC SCOUT/DELAYED IMAGES File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $421.65 | $766.63 | $82.07–$321.65 | 45% |
| HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital Middleburg, FL · (904) 276-8500 XR SWLW FUNC W/C&V+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4,013.58 | $4,013.58 | $337.14–$3,612.22 | — |
| HCA Florida Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, FL · (904) 702-6111 XR SWLW FUNC W/C&V File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $4,323.00 | $4,323.00 | $363.13–$3,890.70 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $216.82, median $365.80, highest $4,323.00 — a 19.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $216.82. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 8 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What swallow study is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Swallow study explained.