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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

Vermont 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?

$145

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $135 to $148.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $776 to $871Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $112 to $214
$100$200$500facility $813professional $145

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
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$229.09

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 17th of 51

$145

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.