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X-Ray Guidance For Fallopian Tube Catheter

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 74742

The imaging part of a procedure in which a thin catheter is threaded through the cervix and uterus into a fallopian tube. A radiologist uses live X-ray pictures to steer the catheter and to check whether the tube is open, then interprets the images and writes the report. It is generally done as part of a fertility evaluation or to open a blocked tube.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does X-Ray Guidance For Fallopian Tube Catheter cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $79.43 to $209.

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 $79 · 10th to 90th $79 to $79Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $55 to $282
$50$100$200$500facility $79professional $158

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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$389.05
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
$37.15
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Washington, DC· 22nd of 51

$151

AK $331TX $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.