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Guided Placement Of A Long Intestinal Tube

West 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?

$117

Typical physician fee. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $93.33 to $138.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $158 to $158Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $81 to $251
$100$200$500facility $158professional $117

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
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$173.78
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
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 37th of 51

$117

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.