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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Nebraska 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $589 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$275$170 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$468 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,000Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $138 to $724
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $589professional $275

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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$79.43

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$275

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.