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X-Ray Guidance For Fallopian Tube Catheter

Massachusetts 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $174 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$126 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$87.10 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $39 to $324Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $55 to $891
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $174professional $234

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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$57.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$208.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$275.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$512.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$208.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$60.26

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 5th of 51

$219

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.