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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

New Hampshire 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?

$145

Typical physician fee. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $110 to $204.

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 $145 · 10th to 90th $123 to $195Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $25 to $302
$50$100$200$500facility $145professional $145

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
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$70.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
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
$43.65
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 18th of 51

$145

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.