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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Alaska rates for HCPCS 74340

Imaging guidance while a long, weighted tube is passed through the nose and stomach and worked onwards into the small intestine. Short bursts of live X-ray are used repeatedly to check where the tip has reached and to reposition it as it travels. The tube is used to drain a blocked intestine or to deliver feed beyond the stomach.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $302 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$105 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$288 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $46 to $427Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $87 to $407
$50$100$200facility $302professional $302

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$91.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$162.18
4 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
$44.67
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$302

AK $302FL $75.86

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.