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Replacement of a Stomach Feeding Tube

Alaska rates for HCPCS 43762

This procedure replaces an existing feeding tube that goes directly into the stomach through the skin, swapping it for a new tube at the same site without needing imaging or a scope to guide the process. It is used for routine tube replacement rather than for a tube that requires more involved repositioning.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Replacement of a Stomach Feeding Tube cost?

$671

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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$214$129 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$339 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $204 to $5,888Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $49 to $1,096
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $457professional $214

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$489.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,258.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$588.84
10 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
$19.05
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$162.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$109.65

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.1 times more in New York than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 24th of 51

$671

$214 physician + $457 facility

NY $2,679MD $222

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.