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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

North Dakota 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$107 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$107 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $107 to $251Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $62 to $316
$50$100$200$500facility $107professional $219

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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
4 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
$50.12
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 5th of 51

$214

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.