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Feeding Tube Into the Small Bowel Through the Skin

Montana 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 July 2026.

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

$1,175

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $1,738.

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 $1,175 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,291
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0K$100.0Kfacility $1,175

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Indiana than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Montana $1,175 · 41st of 50
IN $6,457ME $692

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.