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Open Placement Of A Tube Into The Bowel

Oregon rates for HCPCS 44300

Places a tube through the abdominal wall directly into the intestine during open surgery, so feed can be given or gas and fluid can be let out. The bowel is stitched to the inner abdominal wall around the tube so nothing leaks. It is used when feeding by mouth or by a stomach tube is not workable, or when the bowel needs venting.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Placement Of A Tube Into The Bowel cost?

$3,135

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,135 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,259 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$1,288 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,512Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,291
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $1,514

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,290.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,585.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,570.40
12 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
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Oregon· 19th of 51

$3,135

$1,514 physician + $1,622 facility

AK $6,987KY $1,641

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.