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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Kentucky 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$102$93.33 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$85.11 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $28 to $158Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $81 to $186
$20$50$100$200$500facility $93professional $102

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
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$218.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$120.23
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
$41.69
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$102

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.