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Replacement of a Stomach Feeding Tube

Louisiana 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?

$1,119

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,119 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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$186$43.65 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$398 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $191 to $3,467Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $35 to $339
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $186

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
$104.71
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$346.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$354.81

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 21st of 50

$1,119

$186 physician + $933 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.