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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Louisiana 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?

$117

Typical physician fee. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $97.72 to $129.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $126 to $302Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $59 to $151
$100$200facility $214professional $117

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
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
6 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$117

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.