Barium swallow cost in New York
In New York, 62 hospitals publish a cash price for barium swallow (esophagus X-ray with contrast): from $80.00 to $1,222.00, with a median of $302.74. The lowest price is at Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn). The highest price is 15.3× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 74220. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 24, 2026.
Lowest$80.00Maimonides Medical Center
Median$302.74half pay less
Highest$1,222.00in New York
Lowest saves$222.74vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maimonides Medical Center lowest Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CONTRAST XRAY ESOPHAGUS | $80.00 | $80.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $83.00 | $83.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Esophagram - Fl Esophagus Barium Swallow | $98.07 | $490.35 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC X-RAY XM ESOPHAGUS 1CNTRST | $105.42 | $554.85 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC X-RAY XM ESOPHAGUS 1CNTRST | $105.42 | $554.85 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $106.14 | $178.00 | — source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Esophagram - Fl Esophagus Barium Swallow | $107.10 | $535.50 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $113.01 | $425.22 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Radiologic Exam Esophagus Single Contrast Study | $132.00 | $132.00 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Radiologic Exam Esophagus Single Contrast Study | $132.00 | $132.00 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Radiologic Exam Esophagus Single Contrast Study | $132.00 | $132.00 | — source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital?Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC X-RAY XM ESOPHAGUS 1CNTRST | $145.44 | $765.45 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Radiologic Exam Esophagus Single Contrast Study|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $155.00 | $155.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Floor Hauppauge · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Radiologic Exam Esophagus Single Contrast Study|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $155.00 | $155.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Esophagram - Fl Esophagus Barium Swallow | $169.98 | $849.89 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC Esophagram - Fl Esophagus Barium Swallow | $169.98 | $849.89 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Esophagram - Fl Esophagus Barium Swallow | $169.98 | $849.89 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $179.20 | $277.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $179.20 | $272.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $179.20 | $275.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY X-RAY XM ESOPHAGUS 1CNTRST | $206.21 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY X-ray xm esophagus 1cntrst | $208.20 | — | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY X-ray xm esophagus 1cntrst | $208.20 | — | — source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION; ESOPHAGUS | $210.66 | $820.13 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| NYC New York City Health and Hospitals New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION; ESOPHAGUS | $210.66 | $533.88 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC RADIOLOGIC EXAMINATION; ESOPHAGUS | $210.66 | $533.88 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY XM ESOPHAGUS 1CNTRST | $263.90 | $377.00 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville · Rochester, NY Contrast X-Ray Esophagus | $264.00 | — | — source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY ESOPHAGUS X-RAY XM SNGL CNTRST | $291.00 | $485.00 | — source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse · Syracuse, NY 74220 RADEX ESOPHAGUS_01 | $297.00 | $297.00 | — source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY Contrast X-Ray Esophagus | $298.00 | — | — source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $307.48 | $473.05 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $336.54 | $517.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $336.54 | $517.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $336.54 | $517.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $336.54 | $517.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY Contrast X-Ray Esophagus | $339.00 | — | — source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY Esophagus | $378.24 | $472.80 | — source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $410.88 | $632.13 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $414.21 | $517.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY XM ESOPHAGUS 1CNTRST | $425.00 | $425.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY XM ESOPHAGUS 1CNTRST | $425.00 | $425.00 | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY HC Xr Esophogram Chest Radiograph(S) & Delayed Images Single Contrast Study | $465.40 | $716.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Esophagus | $523.31 | $523.31 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY HC XR ESOPHAGUS W CNTRST | $572.52 | $734.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY XM ESOPHAGUS 1CNTRST | $600.95 | $707.00 | — source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC X-RAY XM ESOPHAGUS 1CNTRST | $604.00 | $765.45 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Xr Esophogram Chest Radiograph(S) & Delayed Images Single Contrast Study | $682.50 | $1,050.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Xr Esophogram Chest Radiograph(S) & Delayed Images Single Contrast Study | $682.50 | $1,050.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Helen Hayes Hospital West Haverstraw · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ESOPHAGRAM | $701.00 | $701.00 | — source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ESOPHOGRAM | $742.29 | $824.77 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY Esophagus | $758.78 | $948.48 | — source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY HC - RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $774.00 | $774.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY HC - RADIOLOGIC EXAM ESOPHAGUS SINGLE CONTRAST STUDY | $775.00 | $775.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ SINGLE CONTRAST X-RAY OF ESOPHAGUS | $849.69 | $849.69 | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Single Contrast Exam - Esophagus | $868.50 | $965.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Single Contrast Exam - Esophagus | $868.50 | $965.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Single Contrast Exam - Esophagus | $868.50 | $965.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Single Contrast Exam - Esophagus | $868.50 | $965.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Single Contrast Exam - Esophagus | $868.50 | $965.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ SINGLE CONTRAST X-RAY OF ESOPHAGUS | $1,221.60 | $1,221.60 | — source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ SINGLE CONTRAST X-RAY OF ESOPHAGUS | $1,222.00 | $1,222.00 | — source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 28 | $80.00 | $344.45 |
| Rochester, NY | 8 | $208.20 | $317.27 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 5 | $132.00 | $132.00 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $106.14 | $169.98 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 2 | $682.50 | $682.50 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $169.98 | $169.98 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $291.00 | $431.76 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 2 | $307.48 | $359.18 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2 | $297.00 | $381.20 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $336.54 | $336.54 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $378.24 | $378.24 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $83.00 | $83.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $98.07 | $98.07 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $775.00 | $775.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $107.10 | $107.10 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $774.00 | $774.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $339.00 | $339.00 |
What it is
A barium swallow is a live X-ray of the esophagus while you drink barium. It shows narrowing, hernias and problems with how food passes.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the study and the barium. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.
Barium swallow (esophagus X-ray with contrast) in other states
- Alabama$347.96
- Alaska$895.38
- Arizona$211.20
- Arkansas$217.67
- California$548.80
- Colorado$290.17
- Connecticut$521.27
- Delaware$416.23
- Florida$799.60
- Georgia$281.40
- Hawaii$257.40
- Idaho$589.00
- Illinois$429.26
- Indiana$484.15
- Iowa$221.58
- Kansas$449.80
- Kentucky$753.00
- Louisiana$207.18
- Maine$513.45
- Maryland$491.85
- Massachusetts$445.00
- Michigan$265.70
- Minnesota$291.97
- Mississippi$152.19
- Missouri$410.80
- Montana$364.20
- Nebraska$381.10
- Nevada$275.50
- New Hampshire$487.83
- New Jersey$209.65
- New Mexico$476.96
- North Carolina$425.03
- North Dakota$344.59
- Ohio$433.83
- Oklahoma$286.90
- Oregon$457.50
- Pennsylvania$427.80
- Puerto Rico$69.00
- Rhode Island$382.70
- South Carolina$452.50
- South Dakota$659.60
- Tennessee$108.75
- Texas$485.96
- Utah$430.35
- Vermont$807.14
- Virginia$451.50
- Washington$571.94
- West Virginia$360.00
- Wisconsin$399.78
- Wyoming$307.65
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.