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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Montana 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$158$141 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$158 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $135 to $269Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $107 to $204
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $170professional $158

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
$93.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$181.97
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
2 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
$46.77
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 13th of 51

$158

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.