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Replacement of a Stomach Feeding Tube

Montana 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?

$386

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $386 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $288 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$97.72$38.90 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$288$63.10 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $56 to $501Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $35 to $389
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $288professional $98

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
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$489.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$416.87

Where Montana 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

Montana· 49th of 50

$386

$97.72 physician + $288 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.