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X-Ray Guidance For Fallopian Tube Catheter

Iowa 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $191 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$170$85.11 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$162 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $62 to $372Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $63 to $316
$50$100$200$500facility $191professional $170

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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$707.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$169.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$56.23
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
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
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$170

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.