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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

South Dakota 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$89.13 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$148 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $135 to $251Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $54 to $407
$50$100$200$500facility $148professional $234

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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
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
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.42

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 4th of 51

$224

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.