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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Oklahoma 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$85.11 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$120 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $81 to $347Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $78 to $724
$50$100$200$500facility $204professional $132

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
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$83.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$131.83
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
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 27th of 51

$132

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.