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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Utah 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?

$120

Typical physician fee. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $85.11 to $151.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $120 to $120Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $34 to $170
$50$100$200$500facility $120professional $120

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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$169.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$43.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.68
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
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
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 34th of 51

$120

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.