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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Georgia 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$132$93.33 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$126 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $95 to $263Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $25 to $240
$50$100$200facility $174professional $132

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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$66.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
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
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 26th of 51

$132

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.