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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Tennessee 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?

$112

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $741.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $83 to $251Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $76 to $871
$100$200$500facility $166professional $112

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
$83.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$128.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$138.04
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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 40th of 51

$112

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.