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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques

X-ray guided stretching of a narrowed esophagus or bowel

CPT 74360the billing code this page is about

Imaging guidance and interpretation while a narrowed segment of the digestive tract, such as the esophagus, is widened with a balloon or dilator.

Hospitals typically charge $527 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,384 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $561. Most fall between $232 and $1,051 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,384
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,384 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$135$276$527$928$1,652

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($135 vs $1,652).

How the prices are spread

$76 – $109: 42 hospitals$76$109 – $156: 61 hospitals$156 – $223: 91 hospitals$156$223 – $320: 150 hospitals$320 – $459: 209 hospitals$320$459 – $657: 210 hospitals$657 – $942: 218 hospitals$657$942 – $1,350: 137 hospitals$1,350 – $1,934: 79 hospitals$1,350$1,934 – $2,771: 49 hospitals$1,934median $527price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,246 of 1,384 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$76$10942
$109$15661
$156$22391
$223$320150
$320$459209
$459$657210
$657$942218
$942$1,350137
$1,350$1,93479
$1,934$2,77149

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $527.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $501 across 41 hospitalsWA$501Idaho: median $906 across 13 hospitalsID$906Montana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $427 across 40 hospitalsMN$427Illinois: median $525 across 51 hospitalsIL$525Wisconsin: median $544 across 58 hospitalsWI$544Michigan: median $380 across 38 hospitalsMI$380New York: median $354 across 48 hospitalsNY$354Massachusetts: median $416 across 24 hospitalsMA$416Oregon: median $296 across 18 hospitalsOR$296Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $66 across 18 hospitalsIA$66Indiana: median $272 across 43 hospitalsIN$272Ohio: median $581 across 88 hospitalsOH$581Pennsylvania: median $505 across 61 hospitalsPA$505New Jersey: median $320 across 26 hospitalsNJ$320Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $795 across 112 hospitalsCA$795Utah: median $3,341 across 23 hospitalsUT$3,341Colorado: median $529 across 32 hospitalsCO$529Nebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $858 across 23 hospitalsMO$858Kentucky: median $332 across 28 hospitalsKY$332West Virginia: median $321 across 21 hospitalsWV$321Virginia: median $400 across 37 hospitalsVA$400Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $639 across 28 hospitalsAZ$639New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $422 across 10 hospitalsKS$422Arkansas: median $272 across 10 hospitalsAR$272Tennessee: median $224 across 26 hospitalsTN$224North Carolina: median $358 across 34 hospitalsNC$358South Carolina: median $840 across 27 hospitalsSC$840Oklahoma: median $211 across 12 hospitalsOK$211Louisiana: median $151 across 21 hospitalsLA$151Mississippi: median $454 across 13 hospitalsMS$454Alabama: median $250 across 14 hospitalsAL$250Georgia: median $474 across 49 hospitalsGA$474Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $583 across 117 hospitalsTX$583Florida: median $1,139 across 96 hospitalsFL$1,139
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $527. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT23$3,341+534%$3,341 – $3,931
Florida FL96$1,139+116%$440 – $2,277
Idaho ID13$906+72%$100 – $906
Missouri MO23$858+63%$415 – $943
South Carolina SC27$840+59%$350 – $1,051
California CA112$795+51%$414 – $1,121
Arizona AZ28$639+21%$138 – $1,053
Texas TX117$583+11%$290 – $1,225
Ohio OH88$581+10%$355 – $788
Wisconsin WI58$544+3%$289 – $769
Colorado CO32$5290%$202 – $1,384
Illinois IL51$5250%$244 – $741
Pennsylvania PA61$505−4%$305 – $821
Washington WA41$501−5%$431 – $767
Georgia GA49$474−10%$431 – $1,798
Mississippi MS13$454−14%$245 – $556
Minnesota MN40$427−19%$290 – $716
Kansas KS10$422−20%$48 – $823
Massachusetts MA24$416−21%$146 – $1,163
Virginia VA37$400−24%$322 – $799
Michigan MI38$380−28%$215 – $544
North Carolina NC34$358−32%$205 – $757
New York NY48$354−33%$173 – $1,279
Kentucky KY28$332−37%$118 – $677
West Virginia WV21$321−39%$33 – $2,125
New Jersey NJ26$320−39%$145 – $2,001
Oregon OR18$296−44%$49 – $906
Arkansas AR10$272−48%$197 – $703
Indiana IN43$272−48%$175 – $472
Alabama AL14$250−53%$164 – $534
Tennessee TN26$224−58%$86 – $354
Oklahoma OK12$211−60%$36 – $412
Louisiana LA21$151−71%$106 – $347
Iowa IA18$66−88%$66 – $536
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $527.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,192$526$235 – $1,053
Children’s36$821$544 – $1,371
Critical access149$482$158 – $840
Ownership
For-profit183$788$245 – $2,066
Government143$354$196 – $808
Non-profit1,051$538$245 – $998
System affiliation
Part of a system1,229$544$247 – $1,057
Independent155$345$135 – $823

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$903
Median cash price$527
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,078 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $535 and the average of the middle 60% is $564; most fall between $245 and $1,033.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,078 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$145$288$535$906$1,426

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($145 vs $1,426).

Of the 1,207 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,078 gave a usable cash price; 77 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 51 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,384 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (35%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,600 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,384
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here113
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded102
Hospitals that filed this code1,600

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Intraluminal Dilation Strictures&/Obstrcjs Rs&I|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “X-ray guided stretching of a narrowed esophagus or bowel (CPT 74360) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-74360-x-ray-guided-stretching-of-a-narrowed-esophagus-or-bowel