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Converting a Stomach Feeding Tube to a Bowel Tube

Missouri rates for HCPCS 44373

A long flexible scope is passed deep into the small intestine, and an existing feeding tube that ends in the stomach is converted so that feed is delivered further along, into the small bowel. It is used when feeding into the stomach causes vomiting or when stomach contents are coming back up toward the lungs. The opening already present in the skin is used, so no new opening is made.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Converting a Stomach Feeding Tube to a Bowel Tube cost?

$1,738

Typical facility fee. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $3,020.

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 $1,738 · 10th to 90th $316 to $4,898
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,738

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
$1,071.52
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 34.7 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Missouri $1,738 · 26th of 50
IN $6,607ND $191

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.