Swallow study cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 40 hospitals publish a cash price for Swallow study (modified barium swallow, video X-ray): from $69.30 to $271.48, with a median of $90.72. The lowest price is at Bristol Regional Medical Center (Bristol) and 7 other hospitals. The highest price is 3.9× 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 25, 2026.
Lowest$69.30Bristol Regional Medical Center + 7 more
Median$90.72half pay less
Highest$271.48in Tennessee
Lowest saves$21.42vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Regional Medical Center lowest Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC DX SWALLOW FUNCT W CINE/VIDEORAD INCL SCT NECK & DELAY IMG CONT BA STDY | $69.30 | $462.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital lowest Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC DX SWALLOW FUNCT W CINE/VIDEORAD INCL SCT NECK & DELAY IMG CONT BA STDY | $69.30 | $462.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Greeneville Community Hospital lowest Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC DX SWALLOW FUNCT W CINE/VIDEORAD INCL SCT NECK & DELAY IMG CONT BA STDY | $69.30 | $462.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital lowest Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC DX SWALLOW FUNCT W CINE/VIDEORAD INCL SCT NECK & DELAY IMG CONT BA STDY | $69.30 | $462.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Holston Valley Medical Center lowest Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC DX SWALLOW FUNCT W CINE/VIDEORAD INCL SCT NECK & DELAY IMG CONT BA STDY | $69.30 | $462.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Indian Path Community Hospital lowest Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC DX SWALLOW FUNCT W CINE/VIDEORAD INCL SCT NECK & DELAY IMG CONT BA STDY | $69.30 | $462.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson City Medical Center lowest Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC DX SWALLOW FUNCT W CINE/VIDEORAD INCL SCT NECK & DELAY IMG CONT BA STDY | $69.30 | $462.00 | — source file |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital lowest Elizabethton · Johnson City, TN HC DX SWALLOW FUNCT W CINE/VIDEORAD INCL SCT NECK & DELAY IMG CONT BA STDY | $69.30 | $462.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Health Pikeville · Pikeville, TN CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $76.59 | $265.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell · Tazewell, TN XR BA SWAL MOD(SP) | $76.72 | $274.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Leconte Medical Center Sevierville · Sevierville, TN XR SWALLOWING FUNCTION | $79.46 | $274.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown · Morristown, TN XR SWALLOWING FUNCTION | $82.20 | $274.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville · Knoxville, TN XR SWALLOWING FUNCTION | $82.20 | $274.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville · Crossville, TN XR SWALLOWING FUNCTION | $87.68 | $274.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City · Knoxville, TN XR SWALLOWING FUNCTION | $90.42 | $274.00 | Aug 27, 2026 source file |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville · Knoxville, TN XR SWALLOWING FUNCTION | $90.42 | $274.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge · Knoxville, TN XR SWALLOWING FUNCTION | $90.42 | $274.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Roane County Medical Center Harriman · Knoxville, TN XR SWALLOWING FUNCTION | $90.42 | $274.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC XR SWALLOW STUDY W CINE | $90.72 | $432.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC XR SWALLOW STUDY W CINE | $90.72 | $432.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC XR SWALLOW STUDY W CINE | $90.72 | $432.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $110.78 | $382.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $110.78 | $382.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $110.78 | $382.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City Union City · Union City, TN HC XR SWALLOW STUDY W CINE | $128.20 | $641.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Health Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA CHG RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $139.92 | $265.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Murfreesboro · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN XR FLUORO SWALLOW STUDY W/SP | $167.01 | $556.70 | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN XR FLUORO SWALLOW STUDY WSP | $167.01 | $556.70 | — source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County Huntingdon · Huntingdon, TN HC XR SWALLOW STUDY W CINE | $186.53 | $811.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Regional Hospitals McMinnville · McMinnville, TN XR SWLW FUNC W/C&V | $191.10 | $637.00 | — source file |
| Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville · Clarksville, TN-KY FL-MOD BA SWALLOW | $199.27 | $1,027.10 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Regional Hospitals Smithville · Smithville, TN XR SWLW FUNC W/C&V | $200.67 | $668.90 | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Regional Hospitals Sparta · Cookeville, TN XR SWLW FUNC W/C&V | $200.67 | $668.90 | — source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN RADIOLOGIC EXAM SWALLOW FUNCTION CONTRAST STUDY | $206.28 | $382.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Cine/Vid X-Ray Throat/Esoph - Fl Esoph Barium Swlw W/ Video & Speech | $258.72 | $1,176.00 | — source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Cine/Vid X-Ray Throat/Esoph - Fl Esoph Barium Swlw W/ Video & Speech | $258.72 | $1,176.00 | — source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Cine/Vid X-Ray Throat/Esoph - Fl Esoph Barium Swlw W/ Video & Speech | $258.72 | $1,176.00 | — source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Cine/Vid X-Ray Throat/Esoph - Fl Esoph Barium Swlw W/ Video & Speech | $258.72 | $1,176.00 | — source file |
| STRHS Pulaski East College Pulaski · East College Pulaski, TN Radiologic examination, swallowing function, with cineradiography/videoradiography, including scout neck radiograph(s) and delayed image(s), when performed, contrast (eg, barium) study | $264.75 | $903.57 | — source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Cine/Vid X-Ray Throat/Esoph - Fl Esoph Barium Swlw W/ Video & Speech | $271.48 | $1,234.00 | — source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 8 | $90.72 | $258.72 |
| Knoxville, TN | 5 | $82.20 | $90.42 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 4 | $69.30 | $69.30 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 4 | $110.78 | $167.01 |
| Johnson City, TN | 3 | $69.30 | $69.30 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 1 | $139.92 | $139.92 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $199.27 | $199.27 |
| Cookeville, TN | 1 | $200.67 | $200.67 |
| Crossville, TN | 1 | $87.68 | $87.68 |
| East College Pulaski, TN | 1 | $264.75 | $264.75 |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $69.30 | $69.30 |
| Huntingdon, TN | 1 | $186.53 | $186.53 |
| McMinnville, TN | 1 | $191.10 | $191.10 |
| Morristown, TN | 1 | $82.20 | $82.20 |
| Pikeville, TN | 1 | $76.59 | $76.59 |
| Smithville, TN | 1 | $200.67 | $200.67 |
| Sevierville, TN | 1 | $79.46 | $79.46 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $110.78 | $110.78 |
| Tazewell, TN | 1 | $76.72 | $76.72 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $110.78 | $110.78 |
| Union City, TN | 1 | $128.20 | $128.20 |
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
- New York$336.54
- 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
- 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.