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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Florida 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $102 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$75.86$70.79 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$77.62 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $21 to $389Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $33 to $126
$20$50$100$200$500facility $102professional $76

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
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$125.89
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$97.72
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$478.63
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$32.36
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$112.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
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
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$75.86

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.