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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Ohio 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$95.50$93.33 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$85.11 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $78 to $316Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $76 to $151
$20$50$100$200$500facility $95professional $95

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
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$104.71
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$144.54
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$194.98
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$50.12
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$141.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$100.00
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$131.83
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 48th of 51

$95.50

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.