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X-Ray Guided Placement of a Stomach Tube

Mississippi 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 October 2026.

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

$570

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $570 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $57.54 to the doctor who performs it, and $513 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$57.54$40.74 to $70.79
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$513$219 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,047Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $37 to $115
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $58

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
$114.82
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$69.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$107.15

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 23.8 times more in Hawaii 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

Mississippi· 22nd of 51

$570

$57.54 physician + $513 facility

HI $2,869MT $121

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.