Scans and imaging CPT 74240 Outpatient

Upper GI series cost in Merrill, WI

In Merrill, WI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Upper GI series (X-ray of esophagus, stomach and duodenum with contrast): from $360.10 to $360.10, with a median of $360.10. Across Wisconsin, the median is $420.90 at 63 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 74240, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$360.10Aspirus Merrill Hospital
Median$360.10half pay less
Highest$360.10in this market
Difference1.0×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 Merrill, WI.

median
Lowest $360.10Highest $1,687.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus Merrill Hospital lowest Merrill, WI Pro Radiologic Exam Upr GI Trc Single Contrast Study $360.10 $554.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Merrill Hospital Merrill, WI Fac Radiologic Exam Upr GI Trc Single Contrast Study $1,327.30 $2,042.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Merrill Hospital Merrill, WI RADIOLOGIC EXAM UGI TRC SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY $1,687.40 $2,596.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $360.10, median $360.10, highest $360.10.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $360.10. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.