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Surgical Closure Of A Stomach Tube Opening

Delaware rates for HCPCS 43870

Closes the passage between the stomach and the skin left behind after a feeding tube is no longer needed and the track has not sealed on its own. The surgeon frees the track, closes the hole in the stomach wall with stitches, then closes the layers of the abdominal wall and skin over it. It is done when the opening keeps leaking stomach contents onto the skin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Closure Of A Stomach Tube Opening cost?

$2,104

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,104 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$617 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,000 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,388Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $589 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
6 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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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

Delaware· 49th of 51

$2,104

$692 physician + $1,413 facility

AK $6,862HI $1,826

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.