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X-Ray Guidance For Fallopian Tube Catheter

South Carolina 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$75.86 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$67.61 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $68 to $1,259Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $56 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $81professional $155

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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$229.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81
8 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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 18th of 51

$155

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.