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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Maryland 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?

$87.10

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $77.62 to $100.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $24 to $126
$50$100$200professional $87

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$123.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.88
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
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
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$79.43

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$87.10

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.