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Replacement of a Stomach Feeding Tube

California 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?

$3,992

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,992 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$191$44.67 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,344 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $331 to $12,023Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $35 to $813
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $191

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
$478.63
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$239.88
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
$57.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$446.68
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$776.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$446.68
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$501.19
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$758.58
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$380.19

Where California 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

California· 2nd of 50

$3,992

$191 physician + $3,802 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.