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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Alabama 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?

$126

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $115 to $126.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $263 to $263Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $87 to $135
$100$200facility $263professional $120

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$126

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.