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Change of Feeding Tube Into the Intestine

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 49446

Converts a feeding tube that ends in the stomach into a longer one that passes through the stomach and on into the small intestine. Live x-ray pictures and a small amount of dye guide the tip into place and confirm the position before feeding restarts. The existing opening in the abdominal wall is used, so no new incision is made.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Change of Feeding Tube Into the Intestine cost?

$3,346

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,346 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 57 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$195 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$977 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $224 to $8,318Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $891

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
$457.09
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,912.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,025.60

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.7 times more in California than in Oregon. 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

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CA $6,042OR $1,639

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.