# Upper GI series (barium swallow) in GA

Billing code `74240`. Prices for this code at 98 hospitals in GA, taken from the machine-readable standard charge files each hospital is required to publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50).

Source page: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/upper-gi-series-barium-swallow

HC X-RAY UPPER GI DELAY W/O KUB - FL UPPER GI WITHOUT KUB

## Before quoting any figure below

- **Hospital charges only.** The surgeon, anaesthetist, radiologist and pathologist bill separately and appear in no hospital price file, by construction. Every figure below is part of a total, never the total.
- **A negotiated rate is not a bill.** It is what a hospital and an insurer agreed. What a patient owes depends on their deductible, coinsurance and out-of-pocket maximum.
- **Each hospital's figure is a median across its own plans.** The spread inside one hospital is often wider than the gap between two of them.
- **"not mentioned" is not $0.** It means this hospital's file does not label a row that way. Silence is not a statement that the charge does not exist.
- **A hospital absent from the table says nothing about its prices.** It may publish this code under a revenue or drug code this site cannot map to a procedure.

A procedure code is billed twice -- once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work -- and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. Of the hospitals here, 42 publish a facility charge; 6 publish both, mixed together; 50 do not label which half the figure is.

## Typical price

|  | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cheapest tenth | $155 |
| Typical | $281 |
| Dearest tenth | $599 |

The cheapest and dearest tenth are the hospitals a tenth of the way in from each end, not the single cheapest and dearest. Every hospital, including both extremes, is in the table below.

That is a 4-fold difference for the same billing code -- a gap between hospitals, not between treatments.

## Every hospital publishing this code

| Hospital | Where | CMS rating | Typical | Facility charge | Physician fee | Self-pay | Lowest | Highest | Plans on file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Regional Hospital | HAWKINSVILLE | not rated | $18 | $18 | not mentioned | $179 | $18 | $18 | 1 |
| Jefferson Hospital | LOUISVILLE | not rated | $79 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $70 | $51 | $108 | 60 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | ATLANTA | 2/5 | see split | $410 | $50 | $1,480 | $31 | $1,184 | 122 |
| Bacon County Hospital | ALMA | not rated | $83 | $83 | not mentioned | $519 | $81 | $463 | 9 |
| Memorial Health University Medical Center | SAVANNAH | 1/5 | $98 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,031 | $20 | $928 | 199 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | DALTON | 3/5 | $114 | $114 | not mentioned | $941 | $106 | $122 | 2 |
| Atrium Health Navicent Peach | BYRON | 1/5 | see split | $253 | $85 | $194 | $41 | $362 | 86 |
| Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center | MACON | 2/5 | see split | $443 | $90 | $376 | $36 | $712 | 91 |
| Navicent Health Baldwin | MILLEDGEVILLE | 2/5 | see split | $353 | $81 | $232 | $36 | $395 | 85 |
| Putnam General Hospital | EATONTON | not rated | $152 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $150 | $110 | $255 | 13 |
| Optim Medical Center - Screven | SYLVANIA | not rated | $157 | $157 | not mentioned | $645 | $154 | $410 | 7 |
| Washington County Regional Medical Center | SANDERSVILLE | not rated | $157 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $457 | $133 | $759 | 75 |
| St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare | COLUMBUS | 3/5 | $158 | $158 | not mentioned | not published | $43 | $384 | 11 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | AMERICUS | 3/5 | $161 | $161 | not mentioned | not published | $154 | $269 | 7 |
| Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins | WARNER ROBINS | 2/5 | $162 | $162 | not mentioned | not published | $125 | $456 | 13 |
| AdventHealth Murray | CHATSWORTH | 5/5 | $168 | $168 | not mentioned | not published | $90 | $324 | 7 |
| SGMC Health | VALDOSTA | 2/5 | $168 | $168 | not mentioned | $790 | $122 | $199 | 4 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham | DEMOREST | 3/5 | $172 | $172 | not mentioned | $485 | $154 | $415 | 10 |
| Union General Hospital | BLAIRSVILLE | 3/5 | $172 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $198 | $55 | $337 | 18 |
| Dodge County Hospital | EASTMAN | not rated | $173 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $72 | $544 | 22 |
| Chatuge Regional Hospital | HIAWASSEE | not rated | $175 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $165 | $73 | $281 | 18 |
| Southern Regional Medical Center | RIVERDALE | 1/5 | $175 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $175 | $150 | $1,050 | 41 |
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | ALBANY | 2/5 | $177 | $177 | not mentioned | not published | $169 | $296 | 7 |
| WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col | AUGUSTA | 1/5 | $179 | $179 | not mentioned | $491 | $124 | $559 | 20 |
| Emory Decatur Hospital | DECATUR | 2/5 | $179 | $179 | not mentioned | $1,518 | $125 | $456 | 19 |
| Emory University Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $179 | $179 | not mentioned | $1,518 | $125 | $456 | 19 |
| Emory Hillandale Hospital | LITHONIA | 1/5 | $179 | $179 | not mentioned | $1,518 | $125 | $456 | 17 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | CARROLLTON | 2/5 | $180 | $180 | not mentioned | $520 | $175 | $193 | 15 |
| AdventHealth Gordon | CALHOUN | 3/5 | $182 | $182 | not mentioned | $677 | $122 | $353 | 9 |
| Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $182 | $182 | not mentioned | $1,518 | $125 | $456 | 19 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | JOHNS CREEK | 4/5 | $182 | $182 | not mentioned | $1,518 | $125 | $456 | 19 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | ATLANTA | 2/5 | $182 | $182 | not mentioned | $1,518 | $125 | $456 | 19 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center | GAINESVILLE | 3/5 | $182 | $182 | not mentioned | $485 | $173 | $415 | 9 |
| Memorial Satilla Health | WAYCROSS | 3/5 | $183 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,939 | $58 | $1,745 | 157 |
| SGMC Berrien Campus | NASHVILLE | not rated | $184 | $184 | not mentioned | $790 | $153 | $229 | 3 |
| NGMC Barrow | WINDER | 4/5 | $185 | $185 | not mentioned | $485 | $176 | $415 | 9 |
| Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia | RINGGOLD | 3/5 | $185 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $274 | $129 | $748 | 27 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin | DAHLONEGA | 5/5 | $191 | $191 | not mentioned | $485 | $182 | $415 | 9 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | DUBLIN | 4/5 | $193 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $4,000 | $51 | $3,600 | 201 |
| Doctors Hospital | AUGUSTA | 3/5 | $200 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,199 | $55 | $1,079 | 209 |
| Memorial Health Meadows Hospital | VIDALIA | 5/5 | $210 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,158 | $138 | $1,042 | 61 |
| Evans Memorial Hospital | CLAXTON | not rated | $214 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $153 | $986 | 22 |
| St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $215 | $215 | not mentioned | $1,036 | $154 | $418 | 9 |
| Candler Hospital | SAVANNAH | 2/5 | $215 | $215 | not mentioned | $1,036 | $154 | $418 | 9 |
| Stephens County Hospital | TOCCOA | 2/5 | $252 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $471 | $173 | $706 | 20 |
| Crisp Regional Hospital | CORDELE | 2/5 | $257 | $257 | not mentioned | $541 | $213 | $278 | 6 |
| Southwell Medical, a Campus of TRMC | ADEL | not rated | see split | $285 | $171 | $820 | $105 | $1,641 | 230 |
| AdventHealth Redmond | ROME | 4/5 | $273 | $273 | not mentioned | $3,072 | $136 | $507 | 11 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | TIFTON | 3/5 | see split | $330 | $171 | $820 | $105 | $1,641 | 230 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside | COLUMBUS | 5/5 | $281 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $286 | $111 | $810 | 19 |
| Blue Ridge Medical Center | BLUE RIDGE | not rated | $292 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $875 | $41 | $1,459 | 396 |
| WellStar West Georgia Medical Center | LAGRANGE | 5/5 | $295 | $295 | not mentioned | $491 | $173 | $672 | 14 |
| WellStar Cobb Medical Center | AUSTELL | 3/5 | $296 | $296 | not mentioned | $491 | $178 | $695 | 13 |
| WellStar North Fulton Medical Center | ROSWELL | 2/5 | $296 | $296 | not mentioned | $491 | $178 | $679 | 13 |
| WellStar Douglas Medical Center | DOUGLASVILLE | 3/5 | $296 | $296 | not mentioned | $491 | $177 | $671 | 13 |
| WellStar Paulding Medical Center | HIRAM | 4/5 | $296 | $296 | not mentioned | $491 | $178 | $669 | 13 |
| WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center | MARIETTA | 4/5 | $296 | $296 | not mentioned | $491 | $178 | $669 | 13 |
| WellStar Spalding Medical Center | GRIFFIN | 2/5 | $298 | $298 | not mentioned | $491 | $176 | $670 | 14 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus | BRUNSWICK | 2/5 | $310 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $31 | $450 | 32 |
| Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus | SAINT MARYS | 4/5 | $310 | not mentioned | not mentioned | not published | $31 | $450 | 32 |
| Coliseum Medical Centers | MACON | 3/5 | $314 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $85 | $1,113 | 17 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital | NEWNAN | 4/5 | $314 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $116 | $1,150 | 18 |
| Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center | CARTERSVILLE | 3/5 | $314 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $133 | $1,113 | 19 |
| Piedmont Macon North Hospital | MACON | 4/5 | $314 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $114 | $1,113 | 17 |
| Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center | ATHENS | 4/5 | $314 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $132 | $1,014 | 19 |
| Memorial Hospital and Manor | BAINBRIDGE | 1/5 | $327 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $319 | $143 | $450 | 24 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center | CEDARTOWN | not rated | $328 | $328 | not mentioned | $548 | $149 | $986 | 36 |
| Piedmont Augusta Hospital | AUGUSTA | 2/5 | $333 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $286 | $92 | $858 | 24 |
| WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center | JACKSON | not rated | $339 | $339 | not mentioned | $491 | $179 | $657 | 6 |
| Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center | ROME | 2/5 | $347 | $347 | not mentioned | $786 | $173 | $1,337 | 38 |
| Appling Healthcare | BAXLEY | not rated | $350 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $454 | $164 | $527 | 20 |
| Piedmont Henry Hospital | STOCKBRIDGE | 2/5 | $353 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $105 | $1,051 | 18 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | FAYETTEVILLE | 3/5 | $353 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $114 | $1,051 | 18 |
| Piedmont Hospital | ATLANTA | 4/5 | $353 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $133 | $1,051 | 18 |
| Piedmont Eastside Medical Center | SNELLVILLE | 2/5 | $353 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $133 | $1,113 | 18 |
| Piedmont Newton Hospital | COVINGTON | 3/5 | $353 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $121 | $1,051 | 17 |
| Piedmont Rockdale Hospital | CONYERS | 3/5 | $378 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $133 | $927 | 18 |
| University Mcduffie County Regional Medical Center | THOMSON | not rated | $400 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $286 | $154 | $858 | 18 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | STATESBORO | 3/5 | $410 | $410 | not mentioned | $572 | $95 | $1,389 | 49 |
| Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown | COLUMBUS | 2/5 | $427 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $286 | $138 | $810 | 20 |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital | JESUP | 3/5 | $437 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $286 | $352 | $516 | 18 |
| Effingham Health System | SPRINGFIELD | not rated | $457 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,060 | $224 | $1,549 | 42 |
| St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital | GREENSBORO | 4/5 | $516 | $516 | not mentioned | $473 | $157 | $655 | 109 |
| St Mary's Hospital | ATHENS | 1/5 | $521 | $521 | not mentioned | $552 | $114 | $764 | 107 |
| Dorminy Medical Center | FITZGERALD | not rated | $528 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $300 | $418 | $570 | 27 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital | JASPER | 4/5 | $575 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $134 | $1,051 | 15 |
| Piedmont Walton Hospital | MONROE | 4/5 | $575 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $371 | $111 | $1,113 | 15 |
| Donalsonville Hospital | DONALSONVILLE | not rated | $579 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,599 | $45 | $1,599 | 28 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | VILLA RICA | 3/5 | $645 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $645 | $234 | $1,000 | 17 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | CANTON | 4/5 | $773 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,160 | $37 | $1,546 | 136 |
| Northside Hospital | ATLANTA | 3/5 | $773 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,160 | $37 | $1,546 | 135 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | CUMMING | 4/5 | $794 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,160 | $37 | $1,546 | 134 |
| Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center | LAVONIA | 3/5 | $845 | $845 | not mentioned | $531 | $145 | $845 | 104 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | DULUTH | 4/5 | $850 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,160 | $37 | $1,546 | 141 |
| Northside Hospital Gwinnett | LAWRENCEVILLE | 3/5 | $850 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,160 | $37 | $1,546 | 141 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | MOULTRIE | 4/5 | $905 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $1,760 | $33 | $1,760 | 120 |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite | ATLANTA | not rated | $1,327 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,740 | $764 | $2,740 | 84 |
| Athur M Blank Hospital | ATLANTA | not rated | $1,327 | not mentioned | not mentioned | $2,740 | $781 | $2,740 | 84 |

## Self-pay

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance. Paying self-pay usually does not count toward a deductible, so it can cost less for one service and more across a year. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what a patient would.

At 15 of the 89 hospitals here that publish a self-pay price it is LOWER than what that same hospital typically accepts from an insurer; at the other 74 it is higher.

## The doctor's side, roughly

Nationally, Medicare allows about $37 for the clinician who performs or reads this service, across 560 billing providers in 2024. That is a separate bill from everything above and is NOT added to any figure on this page -- it is here to show the rough size of what a hospital price leaves out.

5 of these 98 hospitals have not published an updated price file in over a year, or do not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Jefferson Hospital, Southeast Georgia Health System- Brunswick Campus, Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus, Donalsonville Hospital, Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica.

## Others in imaging & radiology

- [CT scan, head, without contrast](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/ct-scan-head-without-contrast) -- 116 hospitals, typically $392
- [X-ray, chest, 2 views](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-chest-2-views) -- 115 hospitals, typically $93
- [CT scan, head, with and without contrast](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/ct-scan-head-with-and-without-contrast) -- 115 hospitals, typically $521
- [X-ray, chest, 1 view](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-chest-1-view) -- 115 hospitals, typically $87
- [X-ray, neck spine, 2-3 views](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-neck-spine-2-3-views) -- 115 hospitals, typically $106
- [X-ray, lower back spine, 4 or more views](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-lower-back-spine-4-or-more-views) -- 115 hospitals, typically $143
- [X-ray, pelvis](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-pelvis) -- 115 hospitals, typically $107
- [X-ray, tailbone](https://clearcharge.org/price/ga/x-ray-tailbone) -- 115 hospitals, typically $98

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Every procedure with a published price in GA: https://clearcharge.org/price/ga
Prices that look wrong: info@clearcharge.org

Compiled by Clearcharge (clearcharge.org) from each hospital's machine-readable standard-charge file. When quoting a figure, cite the source page above. The hospital files behind these figures state data through dates from 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-02; per-hospital staleness is flagged above.