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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Connecticut 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?

$148

Typical physician fee. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $123 to $166.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $148 to $537Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $100 to $204
$100$200$500facility $295professional $148

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
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
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
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 16th of 51

$148

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.