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Keyhole Placement Of A Stomach Feeding Tube

Alabama rates for HCPCS 43653

Places a feeding tube directly into the stomach through the abdominal wall, using keyhole surgery. A camera and instruments go in through small incisions, the stomach is brought up against the abdominal wall and stitched there, and the tube is passed into it so liquid feed and medicines can be given. It is chosen when a tube cannot be placed by simpler routes.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Placement Of A Stomach Feeding Tube cost?

$6,534

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,534 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$562 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,388 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $6,026Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $490 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $646

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
$954.99
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 11th of 51

$6,534

$646 physician + $5,888 facility

CO $11,009MT $1,889

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.