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Replacement of a Stomach Feeding Tube

Kentucky 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?

$555

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $555 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$138$36.31 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$72.44 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $52 to $8,511Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $30 to $282
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $417professional $138

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
$53.70
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 39th of 50

$555

$138 physician + $417 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.