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X-Ray Guidance For Fallopian Tube Catheter

Louisiana 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $95.50 to $155.

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 $263 · 10th to 90th $117 to $447Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $52 to $200
$50$100$200$500facility $263professional $107

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
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
6 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 42nd of 51

$107

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.