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Change of Feeding Tube Into the Intestine

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

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

$1,646

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,646 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$257 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$204 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $145 to $3,388Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $162 to $5,248
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $1,000

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,071.52
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,630.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,630.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$933.25
4 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 5.0 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

Massachusetts· 42nd of 51

$1,646

$1,000 physician + $646 facility

CO $4,941MD $994

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.