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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Michigan 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$115$38.90 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$151 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $151 to $324Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $39 to $155
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $151professional $115

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
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$912.01
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$51.29
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
5 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
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$95.50
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$115

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.