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Replacement of a Stomach Feeding Tube

Colorado 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?

$2,434

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,434 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$50.12 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$617 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $229 to $5,129Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $42 to $437
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $195

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
$63.10
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$380.19
5 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
$18.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$2,434

$195 physician + $2,239 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.