Upper GI series cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 16 hospitals list a cash price for upper GI series (X-ray of esophagus, stomach and duodenum with contrast): from $190.40 to $2,474.78, with a median of $405.45. The lowest listed price is at Norton Clark Hospital — $215.05 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $486.00 at 67 hospitals.
- The median here, $405.45, is 27% below the US median of $555.04.
- That is 2.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($179.20).
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 16 facilities across 7 cities for code 74240, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Clark Hospital lowest Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB UPPER GI W/O KUB File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $190.40 | $1,360.00 | $56.64–$1,190.00 | 86% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB UPPER GI W/O KUB File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $219.40 | $1,097.00 | $84.55–$917.31 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB UPPER GI W/O KUB File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $219.40 | $1,097.00 | $84.55–$932.45 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB UPPER GI W/O KUB File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $219.40 | $1,097.00 | $84.55–$917.31 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB UPPER GI W/O KUB File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $219.40 | $1,097.00 | $84.55–$917.31 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB UPPER GI W/O KUB File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $219.40 | $1,097.00 | $84.55–$917.31 | 80% |
| University of Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 GI UPPR SERIE WO KUB+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $263.76 | $1,099.00 | $184.63–$1,099.00 | 76% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY XA PERC STUDY DISTAL STOMACH+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $395.64 | $1,099.00 | $184.63–$1,099.00 | 64% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC Xr Ugi W/O Kub File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $415.25 | $984.00 | $172.81–$784.25 | 58% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 CR UPPER GI & SBFT+2 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $417.62 | $1,099.00 | $147.16–$1,099.00 | 62% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC Water Soluble GI Sm Bowel File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $435.50 | $1,032.00 | $172.81–$822.50 | 58% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 CR UPPER GI SEIES W KUB+3 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $494.55 | $1,099.00 | $184.63–$1,099.00 | 55% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY CR UPPER GI & SBFT WO AIR+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $540.72 | $1,502.00 | $252.34–$1,502.00 | 64% |
| Our Lady of Peace Louisville, KY CR UPPER GI & SBFT WO AIR+2 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $617.64 | $1,099.00 | $197.82–$1,099.00 | 44% |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Single contrast X-ray of upper digestive tract File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $660.60 | $1,101.00 | $56.64–$990.90 | 40% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Single contrast X-ray of upper digestive tract File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $2,474.78 | $3,299.70 | $261.52–$6,599.40 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Single contrast X-ray of upper digestive tract File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $2,474.78 | $3,299.70 | $106.69–$6,599.40 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Single contrast X-ray of upper digestive tract File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $2,474.78 | $3,299.70 | $56.64–$4,949.55 | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $190.40, median $405.45, highest $2,474.78 — a 13.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $241.58. 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 16 of 16 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 upper GI series is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Upper GI series explained.