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Replacement of a Stomach Feeding Tube

South Dakota 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?

$524

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $524 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $229 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$75.86 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$229$60.26 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $37 to $2,291Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $35 to $813
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $229professional $295

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
$37.15
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$954.99
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$501.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$457.09
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$562.34
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$691.83

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 42nd of 50

$524

$295 physician + $229 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.