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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Arizona 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 negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$129$100 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$14.79 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $11 to $151Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $23 to $724
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $37professional $129

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
$114.82
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$117.49
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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 32nd 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.