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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Delaware 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $209 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$105$100 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$158 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $100 to $437Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $93 to $155
$100$200facility $209professional $105

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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$123.03
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$131.83
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
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 42nd of 51

$105

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.