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Imaging Guidance for Placing a Small Bowel Tube

Colorado rates for HCPCS 74355

Covers the imaging work involved in positioning a tube in the small intestine, with live X-ray used to follow the tube as it advances and to confirm where it ends up. It includes reviewing the images and reporting on the final position.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Imaging Guidance for Placing a Small Bowel Tube cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$141 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$123 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $117 to $224Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $129 to $282
$100$200$500facility $141professional $178

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
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$66.07
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
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
$57.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Colorado· 15th of 51

$178

AK $389MD $87.10

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.