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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Virginia 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $112 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$97.72$77.62 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$112$57.54 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $112 · 10th to 90th $30 to $646Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $31 to $162
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $112professional $98

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$117.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$31.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$134.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$489.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$41.69
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82
4 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
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$79.43
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
27 · Multiple hospital visits
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 47th of 51

$97.72

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.