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Feeding Tube Placed Into The Small Bowel In Surgery

Iowa 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?

$372

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $229 to $2,344.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $182 to $7,943Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $129 to $832
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $457professional $316

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
$229.09
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 95.5 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Iowa $372 · 33rd of 50
ME $13,183ND $138

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.