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Replacement of a Stomach Feeding Tube

Alabama 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 July 2026.

How much does Replacement of a Stomach Feeding Tube cost?

$544

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $544 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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$107$40.74 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$309 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,318Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $35 to $417
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $107

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
$75.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$331.13

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in New Jersey 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

Alabama· 41st of 50

$544

$107 physician + $437 facility

NJ $4,077MD $363

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.