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Added drug or fluid challenge during esophagus study

CPT 91013the billing code this page is about

An add-on to the esophageal pressure study in which a medication or fluid infusion is given and the response is interpreted and reported; billed in addition to the main study.

Hospitals typically charge $589 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 318 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $693. Most fall between $83 and $1,399 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
318
States
41
Filings dated
Nov 2024 – 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 318 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
$32$154$589$1,342$1,635

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 51× what the cheapest tenth charges ($32 vs $1,635).

How the prices are spread

$29 – $44: 32 hospitals$29$44 – $69: 12 hospitals$69 – $107: 12 hospitals$69$107 – $165: 22 hospitals$165 – $256: 10 hospitals$165$256 – $397: 16 hospitals$397 – $615: 46 hospitals$397$615 – $953: 27 hospitals$953 – $1,478: 70 hospitals$953$1,478 – $2,291: 43 hospitals$1,478median $589price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (290 of 318 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$29$4432
$44$6912
$69$10712
$107$16522
$165$25610
$256$39716
$397$61546
$615$95327
$953$1,47870
$1,478$2,29143

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $589.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,563 across 19 hospitalsIL$1,563Wisconsin: median $154 across 27 hospitalsWI$154Michigan: median $29 across 23 hospitalsMI$29New York: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: median $526 across 14 hospitalsIN$526Ohio: median $1,342 across 19 hospitalsOH$1,342Pennsylvania: median $451 across 11 hospitalsPA$451New Jersey: median $48 across 13 hospitalsNJ$48Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,635 across 50 hospitalsCA$1,635Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,075 across 28 hospitalsTX$1,075Florida: median $589 across 34 hospitalsFL$589
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $589. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA50$1,635+178%$1,138 – $1,635
Illinois IL19$1,563+165%$305 – $1,563
Ohio OH19$1,342+128%$729 – $1,342
Texas TX28$1,075+82%$1,015 – $1,721
Florida FL34$5890%$498 – $1,393
Indiana IN14$526−11%$456 – $747
Pennsylvania PA11$451−23%$212 – $575
Wisconsin WI27$154−74%$69 – $154
New Jersey NJ13$48−92%$31 – $189
Michigan MI23$29−95%$25 – $35
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $589.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care255$589$83 – $1,464
Children’s22$1,281$729 – $1,597
Critical access41$177$69 – $905
Ownership
For-profit30$656$498 – $1,662
Government26$498$78 – $1,124
Non-profit262$589$79 – $1,399
System affiliation
Part of a system284$589$84 – $1,401
Independent34$641$63 – $1,351

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,035
Median cash price$589
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

202 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $765 and the average of the middle 60% is $785; most fall between $154 and $1,393.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 202 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
$69$212$765$1,342$1,635

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($69 vs $1,635).

Of the 259 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 202 gave a usable cash price; 54 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

318 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 414 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted318
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here65
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded31
Hospitals that filed this code414

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 gastrointestinal diagnostic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Esophageal Motility Std W/I&R Stim/Perfusion.

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, “Added drug or fluid challenge during esophagus study (CPT 91013) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-91013-added-drug-or-fluid-challenge-during-esophagus-study