Scans and imaging CPT 74240 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Upper GI series cost in Manchester, NH — inpatient

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for upper GI series (X-ray of esophagus, stomach and duodenum with contrast) as an inpatient: from $436.23 to $585.86, with a median of $504.66. The lowest listed price is at Elliot Hospital — $68.43 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $518.40 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 74240, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$436.23Elliot Hospital
Median$504.66half pay less
Highest$585.86in this market
Difference1.3×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median
Lowest $436.23Highest $585.86

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Elliot Hospital lowest Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc X-Ray Xm Upr Gi Trc 1 Contrast $436.23 $1,179.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC RAD EXAM UPR GI TRACT SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY $504.66 $1,294.00 — 61% —
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Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 UPPER GI SERIES $585.86 $976.44 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $436.23, median $504.66, highest $585.86 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $504.66 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.