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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Maine 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?

$126

Typical physician fee. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $174.

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

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $407 to $955Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $25 to $224
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $562professional $126

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 29th of 51

$126

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.