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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Mississippi 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?

$132

Typical physician fee. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $95.50 to $170.

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 $89 · 10th to 90th $89 to $245Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $83 to $182
$50$100$200facility $89professional $132

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82
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
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 25th of 51

$132

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.