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Feeding Tube Into the Small Bowel Through the Skin

Michigan rates for HCPCS 49441

A feeding tube is placed through the skin of the abdomen directly into the small intestine, using live x-ray pictures and contrast dye to guide it into position. It allows nutrition and medicines to be given past the stomach for people who cannot eat enough by mouth or who bring stomach contents back up. No open operation is needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Feeding Tube Into the Small Bowel Through the Skin cost?

$1,357

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,357 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$302 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$832 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,162Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $68 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $380

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
$309.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$870.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$812.83
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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

Michigan· 50th of 51

$1,357

$380 physician + $977 facility

CO $5,216MD $1,101

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.