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Contrast Check Of A Feeding Or Drainage Tube

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $224 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$51.29 to $263
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$89.13 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $34 to $2,951Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $32 to $417
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $224professional $158

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
$40.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$302.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$302.00
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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.

North Carolina· 4th of 51

$166

CA $178RI $85.11

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.