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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Nevada 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?

$105

Typical physician fee. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $97.72 to $132.

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 $105 · 10th to 90th $31 to $4,266Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $89 to $151
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $105professional $105

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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$34.67
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$37.15
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$6.03
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$93.33

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 44th of 51

$105

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.