Swallow study cost in New York
In New York, 63 hospitals publish a cash price for swallow study (modified barium swallow, video X-ray): from $70.00 to $1,140.00, with a median of $336.54. The lowest price is at Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn). The highest price is 16.3× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 74230. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 24, 2026.
Lowest$70.00Maimonides Medical Center
Median$336.54half pay less
Highest$1,140.00in New York
Lowest saves$266.54vs 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 XRAY THROAT | $70.00 | $70.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $74.00 | $74.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC X-RAY XM SWLNG FUNCJ C+ | $94.41 | $496.89 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC X-RAY XM SWLNG FUNCJ C+ | $94.41 | $496.89 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Cine/Vid X-Ray Throat/Esoph - Fl Esoph Barium Swlw W/ Video & | $94.71 | $473.55 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Cine/Vid X-Ray Throat/Esoph - Fl Esoph Barium Swlw W/ Video & | $103.74 | $518.70 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC X-RAY XM SWLNG FUNCJ C+ | $121.30 | $638.40 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC X-RAY XM SWLNG FUNCJ C+ | $121.30 | $638.40 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Radiologic Exam Swallow Function Contrast Study|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT | $140.00 | $140.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Radiologic Exam Swallow Function Contrast Study | $140.00 | $140.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $145.54 | $545.83 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $162.72 | $250.34 | — source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $163.58 | $251.66 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $165.92 | $255.26 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Radiologic Exam Swallow Function Contrast Study | $169.00 | $169.00 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Radiologic Exam Swallow Function Contrast Study | $169.00 | $169.00 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Radiologic Exam Swallow Function Contrast Study | $169.00 | $169.00 | — source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Cine/Vid X-Ray Throat/Esoph - Fl Esoph Barium Swlw W/ Video & | $173.28 | $866.38 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC Cine/Vid X-Ray Throat/Esoph - Fl Esoph Barium Swlw W/ Video & | $173.28 | $866.38 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Cine/Vid X-Ray Throat/Esoph - Fl Esoph Barium Swlw W/ Video & | $173.28 | $866.38 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $179.20 | $348.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $179.20 | $356.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $179.20 | $353.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY X-RAY XM SWLNG FUNCJ C+ | $195.69 | — | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY X-ray xm swlng funcj c+ | $208.20 | — | — source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY X-ray xm swlng funcj c+ | $208.20 | — | — source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC SWALLOWING FUNCTION, WITH CINERADIOGRAPHY/VIDEORADIOGRAPHY | $210.66 | $920.45 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC SWALLOWING FUNCTION, WITH CINERADIOGRAPHY/VIDEORADIOGRAPHY | $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 SWALLOWING FUNCTION, WITH CINERADIOGRAPHY/VIDEORADIOGRAPHY | $210.66 | $533.88 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville · Rochester, NY HB Swallowing Funcj W/Cineradiograpy/Vidradiog | $264.00 | — | — source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY HB Swallowing Funcj W/Cineradiograpy/Vidradiog | $298.00 | — | — source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $336.54 | $517.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $336.54 | $517.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $336.54 | $517.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $336.54 | $517.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY HB Swallowing Funcj W/Cineradiograpy/Vidradiog | $338.00 | — | — source file |
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp Wellsville · Wellsville, NY HB Swallowing Funcj W/Cineradiograpy/Vidradiog | $339.00 | — | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY XM SWLNG FUNCJ C+ | $339.50 | $485.00 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY Swallowing Function Eval | $372.80 | $466.00 | — source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY SWALLOWING FUNC ESOPH | $412.20 | $687.00 | — source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION 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 SWLNG FUNCJ C+ | $425.00 | $425.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY XM SWLNG FUNCJ C+ | $425.00 | $425.00 | — source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse · Syracuse, NY 74230 SWALLOWING FUNCJ W/CINERADIOGRAPY/VIDRADIOG_ | $499.00 | $499.00 | — source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY XM SWLNG FUNCJ C+ | $522.75 | $615.00 | — source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY HC XR SWALLOWING STUDY W VIDEO | $572.52 | $734.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Video Cervical Esophogr | $678.42 | $678.42 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY HC Xr Swallowing Function W/Ciner/Videoradiography Neck Radiographs(S)&Delayed Images Contrast Study | $680.55 | $1,047.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Xr Swallowing Function W/Ciner/Videoradiography Neck Radiographs(S)&Delayed Images Contrast Study | $778.70 | $1,198.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Xr Swallowing Function W/Ciner/Videoradiography Neck Radiographs(S)&Delayed Images Contrast Study | $778.70 | $1,198.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Sunnyview Rehab Hospital Schenectady · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY HC Xr Swallowing Function W/Ciner/Videoradiography Neck Radiographs(S)&Delayed Images Contrast Study | $778.70 | $1,198.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY Swallowing Function Eval | $779.58 | $974.48 | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Xr Swallow Study W Cine and Contrast | $783.00 | $870.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Xr Swallow Study W Cine and Contrast | $783.00 | $870.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Xr Swallow Study W Cine and Contrast | $783.00 | $870.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Xr Swallow Study W Cine and Contrast | $783.00 | $870.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Xr Swallow Study W Cine and Contrast | $783.00 | $870.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY HC - RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $812.00 | $812.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY HC - RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $845.00 | $845.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Helen Hayes Hospital West Haverstraw · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ VIDEO FLURO- SWALLOWING | $945.00 | $945.00 | — source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ X-RAY XM SWLNG FUNCJ C+ | $1,007.61 | $1,007.61 | — source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ IMAGING FOR EVALUATION OF SWALLOWING FUNCTION | $1,139.06 | $1,139.06 | — source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ IMAGING FOR EVALUATION OF SWALLOWING FUNCTION | $1,140.00 | $1,140.00 | — 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 | 27 | $70.00 | $210.66 |
| Rochester, NY | 8 | $208.20 | $317.27 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 5 | $169.00 | $169.00 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 3 | $778.70 | $778.70 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $173.28 | $338.00 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 3 | $162.72 | $163.58 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $173.28 | $173.28 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $412.20 | $492.36 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2 | $499.00 | $589.78 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $336.54 | $336.54 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $372.80 | $372.80 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $74.00 | $74.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $103.74 | $103.74 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $812.00 | $812.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $94.71 | $94.71 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $845.00 | $845.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $339.00 | $339.00 |
What it is
A swallow study films the mouth and throat on X-ray while you swallow foods and liquids with barium. It shows whether food goes into the airway and is often done with a speech therapist after a stroke.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the X-ray part. The speech therapist's evaluation is billed separately.
Swallow study (modified barium swallow, video X-ray) in other states
- Alabama$1,077.00
- Alaska$1,039.35
- Arizona$217.50
- Arkansas$396.50
- California$577.50
- Colorado$301.22
- Connecticut$450.45
- Delaware$427.40
- Florida$765.77
- Georgia$733.20
- Hawaii$416.40
- Idaho$589.00
- Illinois$457.05
- Indiana$384.25
- Iowa$295.20
- Kansas$682.53
- Kentucky$1,179.90
- Louisiana$241.43
- Maine$467.02
- Maryland$765.10
- Massachusetts$519.00
- Michigan$352.80
- Minnesota$297.15
- Mississippi$192.52
- Missouri$431.60
- Montana$432.80
- Nebraska$346.28
- Nevada$190.00
- New Hampshire$434.13
- New Jersey$226.94
- New Mexico$750.36
- North Carolina$363.98
- North Dakota$502.28
- Ohio$518.40
- Oklahoma$269.06
- Oregon$526.50
- Pennsylvania$563.65
- Puerto Rico$77.50
- Rhode Island$382.70
- South Carolina$454.50
- South Dakota$693.20
- Tennessee$90.72
- Texas$601.05
- Utah$322.84
- Vermont$709.05
- Virginia$486.00
- Washington$572.46
- West Virginia$373.00
- Wisconsin$349.16
- Wyoming$390.69
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.