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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

New Mexico 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?

$126

Typical physician fee. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $85.11 to $141.

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 $166 · 10th to 90th $76 to $178Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $31 to $170
$20$50$100$200facility $166professional $126

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
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$43.65
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
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
$38.02
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 33rd of 51

$126

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.