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Procedure price report · Upper gastrointestinal X-ray

X-ray guidance for placing a long intestinal tube

CPT 74340the billing code this page is about

Fluoroscopic guidance and interpretation used while a long tube is passed through the nose or mouth into the stomach and intestine.

Hospitals typically charge $436 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,871 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $469. Most fall between $222 and $853 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,871
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,871 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$132$258$436$747$1,308

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($132 vs $1,308).

How the prices are spread

$91 – $123: 70 hospitals$91$123 – $165: 94 hospitals$165 – $223: 118 hospitals$165$223 – $301: 197 hospitals$301 – $406: 276 hospitals$301$406 – $548: 311 hospitals$548 – $740: 243 hospitals$548$740 – $998: 178 hospitals$998 – $1,347: 110 hospitals$998$1,347 – $1,817: 88 hospitals$1,347median $436price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,685 of 1,871 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$91$12370
$123$16594
$165$223118
$223$301197
$301$406276
$406$548311
$548$740243
$740$998178
$998$1,347110
$1,347$1,81788

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $436.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $188 across 16 hospitalsME$188Vermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $559 across 47 hospitalsWA$559Idaho: median $727 across 12 hospitalsID$727Montana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $580 across 11 hospitalsND$580Minnesota: median $333 across 45 hospitalsMN$333Illinois: median $509 across 69 hospitalsIL$509Wisconsin: median $318 across 84 hospitalsWI$318Michigan: median $323 across 46 hospitalsMI$323New York: median $316 across 47 hospitalsNY$316Massachusetts: median $335 across 23 hospitalsMA$335Oregon: median $353 across 30 hospitalsOR$353Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $699 across 10 hospitalsSD$699Iowa: median $489 across 31 hospitalsIA$489Indiana: median $308 across 53 hospitalsIN$308Ohio: median $448 across 84 hospitalsOH$448Pennsylvania: median $424 across 63 hospitalsPA$424New Jersey: median $178 across 21 hospitalsNJ$178Connecticut: median $508 across 11 hospitalsCT$508Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $652 across 168 hospitalsCA$652Utah: median $1,013 across 35 hospitalsUT$1,013Colorado: median $491 across 45 hospitalsCO$491Nebraska: median $332 across 22 hospitalsNE$332Missouri: median $363 across 49 hospitalsMO$363Kentucky: median $291 across 34 hospitalsKY$291West Virginia: median $115 across 18 hospitalsWV$115Virginia: median $436 across 52 hospitalsVA$436Maryland: median $119 across 19 hospitalsMD$119Delaware: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $327 across 38 hospitalsAZ$327New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $440 across 20 hospitalsKS$440Arkansas: median $189 across 15 hospitalsAR$189Tennessee: median $185 across 38 hospitalsTN$185North Carolina: median $347 across 72 hospitalsNC$347South Carolina: median $493 across 44 hospitalsSC$493Oklahoma: median $271 across 27 hospitalsOK$271Louisiana: median $166 across 23 hospitalsLA$166Mississippi: median $185 across 23 hospitalsMS$185Alabama: median $330 across 14 hospitalsAL$330Georgia: median $486 across 65 hospitalsGA$486Hawaii: median $575 across 10 hospitalsHI$575Texas: median $611 across 169 hospitalsTX$611Florida: median $682 across 109 hospitalsFL$682
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $436. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT35$1,013+133%$753 – $1,013
Idaho ID12$727+67%$456 – $1,013
South Dakota SD10$699+61%$699 – $892
Florida FL109$682+57%$300 – $1,966
California CA168$652+50%$337 – $1,463
Texas TX169$611+40%$383 – $960
North Dakota ND11$580+33%$389 – $668
Hawaii HI10$575+32%$323 – $609
Washington WA47$559+28%$383 – $954
Illinois IL69$509+17%$305 – $815
Connecticut CT11$508+17%$430 – $734
South Carolina SC44$493+13%$401 – $793
Colorado CO45$491+13%$264 – $1,704
Iowa IA31$489+12%$280 – $668
Georgia GA65$486+12%$162 – $1,377
Ohio OH84$448+3%$388 – $728
Kansas KS20$440+1%$231 – $853
Virginia VA52$4360%$305 – $697
Pennsylvania PA63$424−3%$170 – $981
Missouri MO49$363−17%$250 – $854
Oregon OR30$353−19%$184 – $443
North Carolina NC72$347−20%$259 – $478
Massachusetts MA23$335−23%$226 – $862
Minnesota MN45$333−24%$99 – $431
Nebraska NE22$332−24%$281 – $696
Alabama AL14$330−24%$93 – $407
Arizona AZ38$327−25%$135 – $2,180
Michigan MI46$323−26%$242 – $496
Wisconsin WI84$318−27%$228 – $567
New York NY47$316−27%$161 – $650
Indiana IN53$308−29%$205 – $494
Kentucky KY34$291−33%$173 – $696
Oklahoma OK27$271−38%$193 – $476
Arkansas AR15$189−57%$78 – $439
Maine ME16$188−57%$164 – $535
Mississippi MS23$185−58%$109 – $238
Tennessee TN38$185−58%$72 – $481
New Jersey NJ21$178−59%$92 – $988
Louisiana LA23$166−62%$141 – $451
Maryland MD19$119−73%$70 – $1,375
West Virginia WV18$115−74%$45 – $768
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $436.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,582$436$223 – $885
Children’s46$733$388 – $1,439
Critical access235$411$184 – $727
Ownership
For-profit280$645$276 – $1,690
Government214$363$202 – $614
Non-profit1,369$431$220 – $793
System affiliation
Part of a system1,645$443$228 – $866
Independent226$392$178 – $815

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$752
Median cash price$436
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,383 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $441 and the average of the middle 60% is $466; most fall between $239 and $789.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,383 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$148$277$441$700$1,113

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($148 vs $1,113).

Of the 1,524 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,383 gave a usable cash price; 68 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 72 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,871 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (47%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,116 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,871
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here119
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded125
Hospitals that filed this code2,116

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Upper gastrointestinal X-ray family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Intro Long GI Tube W/Mult Fluoro & Images Rs&I|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “X-ray guidance for placing a long intestinal tube (CPT 74340) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-74340-x-ray-guidance-for-placing-a-long-intestinal-tube