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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Rhode Island 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?

$155

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $110 to $166.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $257 to $339Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $110 to $174
$100$200$500facility $302professional $148

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
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
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
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 15th of 51

$155

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.