Scans and imaging CPT 74240 Outpatient

Upper GI series cost in Elizabethtown, NC

In Elizabethtown, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for upper GI series (X-ray of esophagus, stomach and duodenum with contrast): from $545.40 to $545.40, with a median of $545.40. Across North Carolina, the median is $519.00 at 57 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 74240, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$545.40Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital
Median$545.40half pay less
Highest$545.40in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital Elizabethtown, NC · (910) 862-5100 SINGLE CONTRAST X-RAY OF UPPER DIGESTIVE TRACT $545.40 $909.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $545.40, median $545.40, highest $545.40.

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.