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Feeding Tube Placed Into The Small Bowel In Surgery

North Carolina 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?

$204

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $155 to $331.

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 $204 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,660Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $257 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $204professional $257

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$35,481.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,456.54
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 95.5 times more in Maine 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.

North Carolina· 46th of 50

$204

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.