go back

Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Idaho 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$123 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$85.11 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $74 to $269Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $105 to $204
$50$100$200facility $102professional $158

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
$112.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
7 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
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$85.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 12th of 51

$158

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.