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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Oregon 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 negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$174$145 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$15.14 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $2 to $52Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $141 to $295
$2$10$50$200facility $30professional $174

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$81.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$52.48
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$51.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$74.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$223.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$269.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$67.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$338.84
5 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
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 19th 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.