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X-Ray Guided Placement of a Stomach Tube

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 43752

A feeding or drainage tube is passed through the nose or mouth down into the stomach in a case where a physician's skill and live X-ray are needed to get it in the right place. Contrast may be used, the position is confirmed on the images, and pictures are saved and reported. The imaging is part of the service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does X-Ray Guided Placement of a Stomach Tube cost?

$2,399

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $54.95 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 58 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$54.95$38.90 to $102
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$347 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $51 to $7,762Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $34 to $245
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $55

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,235.94

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 35.5 times more in Washington, DC than in Virginia. 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

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DC $4,111VA $116

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.