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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Kansas 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$117 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$200 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $182 to $214Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $93 to $724
$100$200$500facility $200professional $155

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
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$165.96
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
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$91.20

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 9th of 51

$170

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.