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X-ray Guided Enema For Bowel Blockage Reduction

Alabama rates for HCPCS 74283

An x-ray guided procedure in which air or liquid contrast is introduced through the rectum to help push a section of bowel back into its normal position. It is most often used to treat intussusception, a condition where part of the intestine telescopes into an adjoining section and causes a blockage, most common in young children.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does X-ray Guided Enema For Bowel Blockage Reduction cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $178 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$219 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$174 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $174 to $200Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $178 to $331
$100$200$500facility $178professional $234

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 37th of 51

$234

AK $741TX $138

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.