Feeding Tube Placed Into The Small Bowel In Surgery

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 44015

Places a tube or fine catheter directly into the jejunum, part of the small intestine, during an abdominal operation, so liquid feed can be given straight into the bowel afterwards. It allows a person to be fed even when the stomach cannot be used. It is done as part of the operation already under way and billed in addition to it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Feeding Tube Placed Into The Small Bowel In Surgery cost?

$4,456

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,456 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

4% physician fee96% facility fee

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 52 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$191	$138 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$4,266	$316 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $162 to $12,589Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $123 to $851

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $173.78 Median $4,073.80 Typical High $11,748.98	Facility	Global	$173.78	$4,073.80	$11,748.98
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,884.03 Median $7,413.10 Typical High $15,488.17	Facility	Global	$2,884.03	$7,413.10	$15,488.17
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $218.78 Median $446.68 Typical High $1,258.93	Facility	Global	$218.78	$446.68	$1,258.93
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier AS · PA/NP assist Typical Low $22.39 Median $22.39 Typical High $22.39	Facility	AS · PA/NP assist	$22.39	$22.39	$22.39
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $478.63 Median $2,754.23 Typical High $9,549.93	Facility	Global	$478.63	$2,754.23	$9,549.93

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 19.3 times more in Nebraska than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

NE $8,260SC $428

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.