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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Colorado 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$110 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$107 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $102 to $209Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $100 to $214
$50$100$200facility $123professional $145

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
$107.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$56.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$234.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$46.77
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
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
$43.65
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 20th of 51

$145

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.