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Feeding Tube Change Through The Stomach Wall

California rates for HCPCS 43760

Replacement of a feeding tube that passes through the skin directly into the stomach. The old tube is withdrawn and a new one is slid along the track that has already formed and checked for position. It is a hands-on exchange done at the bedside or in clinic rather than under X-ray or camera guidance.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Feeding Tube Change Through The Stomach Wall cost?

$4,365

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,020 to $5,754.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $13,490Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $398 to $2,291
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $2,291

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79

Where California sits

The same service costs 173.8 times more in California than in Mississippi. 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.

California· 1st of 46

$4,365

CA $4,365MS $25.12

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.