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Contrast Check Of A Feeding Or Drainage Tube

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 49465

Uses a small amount of contrast dye and x-ray images to confirm that a feeding or drainage tube already placed through the skin into the stomach or intestine is sitting in the right spot and working properly. It is typically done when the tube seems blocked, has shifted, or needs a routine position check before it is used again. A radiologist reviews the images and reports the findings back to the ordering clinician.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Contrast Check Of A Feeding Or Drainage Tube cost?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $380 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$42.66 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$105 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,288Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $32 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $129

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
$223.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$162.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$208.93
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$257.04

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Louisiana· 26th of 51

$141

WI $245MD $52.48

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.