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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Massachusetts 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $166 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$209$138 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$117 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $35 to $309Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $87 to $741
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $166professional $209

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
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$575.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$208.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$218.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$446.68
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$380.19
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$575.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$208.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$151.36
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.18
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03
4 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
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 51

$209

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.