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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Indiana 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 Indiana, 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 $200 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$105$93.33 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$200 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $98 to $955Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $89 to $170
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $200professional $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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$257.04
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$46.77
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
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
$42.66
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 41st 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.