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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

North Carolina 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $107 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$135$120 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$89.13 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $89 to $191Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $89 to $200
$100$200$500facility $107professional $135

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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
18 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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.18
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 23rd of 51

$135

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.