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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Missouri 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$129 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$105 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $89 to $457Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $91 to $724
$50$100$200$500facility $178professional $162

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
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
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
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 11th of 51

$162

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.