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Surgical Closure Of A Stomach Tube Opening

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$2,291

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,175 to $4,786.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $851 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,818
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,549

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$9,332.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Iowa· 27th of 50

$2,291

IN $9,120ND $692

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.