Scans and imaging CPT 74240 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Upper GI series cost in Green Bay, WI — inpatient

In Green Bay, WI, 4 hospitals list a cash price for upper GI series (X-ray of esophagus, stomach and duodenum with contrast) as an inpatient: from $293.08 to $655.00, with a median of $514.14. The lowest listed price is at Bellin Memorial Health — $221.06 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $420.90 at 63 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities for code 74240, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Jun 27, 2026.

Lowest$293.08Bellin Memorial Health
Median$514.14half pay less
Highest$655.00in this market
Difference2.2×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Green Bay, WI.

median
Lowest $293.08Highest $655.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Bellin Memorial Health lowest Green Bay, WI · (920) 433-3500 HCHG 74240 RADIOLOGIC EXAM, UPPER GI TRACT, INCL ABD/DELAYED IMA $293.08 $633.00 $407.02–$569.70 54% Jun 27, 2026
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Bellin Memorial Health Green Bay, WI · (920) 433-3500 HCHG 74240 RADIOLOGIC EXAM, UPPER GI TRACT, INCL ABD/DELAYED IMA $324.56 $701.00 $180.86–$630.90 54% Jun 27, 2026
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St Vincent Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Green Bay, WI · (920) 433-0111 HC XRAY UPPER GI TRACT $514.14 $779.00 $54.25–$779.00 34% —
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St Marys Hospital Medical Center Green Bay, WI · (920) 498-4200 HC XRAY UPPER GI TRACT $514.14 $779.00 $52.32–$779.00 34% —
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Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay, WI · (920) 288-8000 XR UPPER GI W/O KUB $655.00 $1,310.00 $786.00–$1,113.50 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $293.08, median $514.14, highest $655.00 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $514.14 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is 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 it is

An upper GI series is an X-ray of the esophagus, stomach and first part of the small intestine after drinking barium.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the study and the barium. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.