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Swallowed camera capsule study of the esophagus

CPT 91111the billing code this page is about

A pill-sized camera is swallowed to take pictures as it passes through the esophagus; the fee covers the capsule study plus review and a written report of the images.

Hospitals typically charge $1,546 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 599 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,711. Most fall between $832 and $3,045 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
599
States
48
Filings dated
Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 599 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
$379$941$1,546$2,796$3,383

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($379 vs $3,383).

How the prices are spread

$118 – $170: 18 hospitals$118$170 – $245: 7 hospitals$245 – $354: 6 hospitals$245$354 – $510: 9 hospitals$510 – $736: 34 hospitals$510$736 – $1,063: 86 hospitals$1,063 – $1,534: 105 hospitals$1,063$1,534 – $2,214: 99 hospitals$2,214 – $3,195: 132 hospitals$2,214$3,195 – $4,612: 46 hospitals$3,195median $1,546price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (542 of 599 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$118$17018
$170$2457
$245$3546
$354$5109
$510$73634
$736$1,06386
$1,063$1,534105
$1,534$2,21499
$2,214$3,195132
$3,195$4,61246

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$927
Median cash price$1,546
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.67×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,546.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,041 across 20 hospitalsIL$2,041Wisconsin: median $3,045 across 32 hospitalsWI$3,045Michigan: median $1,247 across 13 hospitalsMI$1,247New York: median $1,109 across 26 hospitalsNY$1,109Massachusetts: median $2,939 across 14 hospitalsMA$2,939Oregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 4 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: median $118 across 18 hospitalsIA$118Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,814 across 33 hospitalsOH$1,814Pennsylvania: median $1,147 across 28 hospitalsPA$1,147New Jersey: median $1,038 across 33 hospitalsNJ$1,038Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,342 across 50 hospitalsCA$2,342Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,527 across 13 hospitalsMO$2,527Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $984 across 10 hospitalsVA$984Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $2,357 across 17 hospitalsSC$2,357Oklahoma: median $99 across 14 hospitalsOK$99Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,384 across 38 hospitalsGA$2,384Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,898 across 62 hospitalsTX$1,898Florida: median $941 across 39 hospitalsFL$941
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,546. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI32$3,045+97%$2,185 – $3,203
Massachusetts MA14$2,939+90%$1,000 – $4,530
Missouri MO13$2,527+63%$903 – $2,796
Georgia GA38$2,384+54%$1,546 – $3,078
South Carolina SC17$2,357+52%$1,651 – $2,357
California CA50$2,342+51%$1,609 – $3,063
Illinois IL20$2,041+32%$511 – $2,041
Texas TX62$1,898+23%$968 – $2,367
Ohio OH33$1,814+17%$1,508 – $2,803
Michigan MI13$1,247−19%$1,001 – $3,045
Pennsylvania PA28$1,147−26%$1,046 – $6,253
New York NY26$1,109−28%$1,109 – $2,405
New Jersey NJ33$1,038−33%$714 – $1,178
Virginia VA10$984−36%$537 – $1,373
Florida FL39$941−39%$827 – $3,487
Iowa IA18$118−92%$118 – $170
Oklahoma OK14$99−94%$99 – $1,121
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $1,546.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care522$1,508$860 – $3,045
Children’s19fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access56$1,898$1,001 – $3,045
Ownership
For-profit72$1,898$877 – $3,281
Government83$1,136$736 – $2,384
Non-profit442$1,596$918 – $3,045
System affiliation
Part of a system531$1,596$881 – $3,045
Independent68$1,239$499 – $2,342

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,146
Median cash price$1,546
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

440 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,898 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,935; most fall between $881 and $3,063.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 440 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
$504$968$1,898$2,953$3,383

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($504 vs $3,383).

Of the 491 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 440 gave a usable cash price; 40 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

599 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 668 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted599
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code668

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as GI Tract Imaging Intraluminal Esophagus Wi&R|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, “Swallowed camera capsule study of the esophagus (CPT 91111) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-91111-swallowed-camera-capsule-study-of-the-esophagus