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Procedure price report · Gastrostomy, temporary and permanent

Replacement of a stomach feeding tube through the skin

CPT 43762the billing code this page is about

Removal and replacement of an existing feeding tube that passes through the skin into the stomach, done without imaging or scope guidance and without reworking the tube channel.

Hospitals typically charge $446 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,735 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $473. Most fall between $206 and $889 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,735
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,735 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$112$249$446$767$1,200

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($112 vs $1,200).

How the prices are spread

$65 – $90: 84 hospitals$65$90 – $125: 75 hospitals$125 – $174: 148 hospitals$125$174 – $242: 212 hospitals$242 – $336: 385 hospitals$242$336 – $467: 391 hospitals$467 – $650: 435 hospitals$467$650 – $903: 341 hospitals$903 – $1,255: 277 hospitals$903$1,255 – $1,745: 115 hospitals$1,255median $446price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,463 of 2,735 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$65$9084
$90$12575
$125$174148
$174$242212
$242$336385
$336$467391
$467$650435
$650$903341
$903$1,255277
$1,255$1,745115

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$255
Median cash price$446
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.75×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $446.

Alaska: median $783 across 15 hospitalsAK$783Maine: median $316 across 21 hospitalsME$316Vermont: median $292 across 11 hospitalsVT$292New Hampshire: median $118 across 17 hospitalsNH$118Washington: median $485 across 65 hospitalsWA$485Idaho: median $434 across 18 hospitalsID$434Montana: median $241 across 23 hospitalsMT$241North Dakota: median $306 across 16 hospitalsND$306Minnesota: median $337 across 86 hospitalsMN$337Illinois: median $521 across 125 hospitalsIL$521Wisconsin: median $365 across 99 hospitalsWI$365Michigan: median $362 across 80 hospitalsMI$362New York: median $312 across 98 hospitalsNY$312Massachusetts: median $389 across 50 hospitalsMA$389Oregon: median $399 across 52 hospitalsOR$399Nevada: median $572 across 16 hospitalsNV$572Wyoming: median $322 across 11 hospitalsWY$322South Dakota: median $506 across 18 hospitalsSD$506Iowa: median $418 across 67 hospitalsIA$418Indiana: median $370 across 66 hospitalsIN$370Ohio: median $645 across 127 hospitalsOH$645Pennsylvania: median $524 across 119 hospitalsPA$524New Jersey: median $330 across 55 hospitalsNJ$330Connecticut: median $434 across 21 hospitalsCT$434Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $745 across 179 hospitalsCA$745Utah: median $321 across 30 hospitalsUT$321Colorado: median $531 across 49 hospitalsCO$531Nebraska: median $436 across 52 hospitalsNE$436Missouri: median $537 across 72 hospitalsMO$537Kentucky: median $330 across 50 hospitalsKY$330West Virginia: median $386 across 37 hospitalsWV$386Virginia: median $461 across 56 hospitalsVA$461Maryland: median $422 across 10 hospitalsMD$422Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,132 across 30 hospitalsAZ$1,132New Mexico: median $522 across 26 hospitalsNM$522Kansas: median $294 across 59 hospitalsKS$294Arkansas: median $267 across 37 hospitalsAR$267Tennessee: median $191 across 58 hospitalsTN$191North Carolina: median $399 across 66 hospitalsNC$399South Carolina: median $608 across 44 hospitalsSC$608Oklahoma: median $315 across 61 hospitalsOK$315Louisiana: median $352 across 47 hospitalsLA$352Mississippi: median $304 across 52 hospitalsMS$304Alabama: median $420 across 37 hospitalsAL$420Georgia: median $732 across 92 hospitalsGA$732Hawaii: median $658 across 14 hospitalsHI$658Texas: median $447 across 172 hospitalsTX$447Florida: median $827 across 116 hospitalsFL$827
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $446. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ30$1,132+154%$248 – $8,396
Florida FL116$827+85%$283 – $1,134
Alaska AK15$783+75%$315 – $1,239
California CA179$745+67%$319 – $1,266
Georgia GA92$732+64%$240 – $1,101
Hawaii HI14$658+47%$437 – $1,119
Ohio OH127$645+45%$361 – $910
South Carolina SC44$608+36%$456 – $1,088
Nevada NV16$572+28%$271 – $887
Missouri MO72$537+20%$244 – $832
Colorado CO49$531+19%$209 – $838
Pennsylvania PA119$524+17%$242 – $1,443
New Mexico NM26$522+17%$115 – $1,303
Illinois IL125$521+17%$254 – $951
South Dakota SD18$506+13%$230 – $661
Washington WA65$485+9%$137 – $748
Virginia VA56$461+3%$224 – $850
Texas TX172$4470%$222 – $891
Nebraska NE52$436−2%$210 – $651
Idaho ID18$434−3%$273 – $660
Connecticut CT21$434−3%$160 – $688
Maryland MD10$422−5%$105 – $638
Alabama AL37$420−6%$222 – $1,441
Iowa IA67$418−6%$103 – $681
Oregon OR52$399−11%$141 – $693
North Carolina NC66$399−11%$250 – $570
Massachusetts MA50$389−13%$148 – $851
West Virginia WV37$386−14%$240 – $618
Indiana IN66$370−17%$206 – $835
Wisconsin WI99$365−18%$232 – $511
Michigan MI80$362−19%$89 – $675
Louisiana LA47$352−21%$139 – $523
Minnesota MN86$337−24%$200 – $729
Kentucky KY50$330−26%$176 – $603
New Jersey NJ55$330−26%$269 – $3,986
Wyoming WY11$322−28%$99 – $697
Utah UT30$321−28%$273 – $321
Maine ME21$316−29%$241 – $412
Oklahoma OK61$315−30%$180 – $587
New York NY98$312−30%$162 – $693
North Dakota ND16$306−31%$95 – $552
Mississippi MS52$304−32%$175 – $566
Kansas KS59$294−34%$131 – $473
Vermont VT11$292−34%$163 – $722
Arkansas AR37$267−40%$112 – $501
Montana MT23$241−46%$65 – $608
Tennessee TN58$191−57%$52 – $509
New Hampshire NH17$118−74%$47 – $341
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $446.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,981$488$237 – $957
Children’s65$570$209 – $1,133
Critical access681$320$121 – $624
Ownership
For-profit290$626$270 – $1,309
Government508$343$147 – $648
Non-profit1,929$459$216 – $888
System affiliation
Part of a system2,220$465$223 – $909
Independent515$370$142 – $693

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$763
Median cash price$446
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,034 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $488 and the average of the middle 60% is $516; most fall between $230 and $909.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,034 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$142$273$488$825$1,193

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($142 vs $1,193).

Of the 2,174 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,034 gave a usable cash price; 48 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 91 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,735 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (69%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,932 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,735
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here82
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded11
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded103
Hospitals that filed this code2,932

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Gastrostomy, temporary and permanent family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Perq Replacement Gtube Not Req Revj Gstrst Trc.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Replacement of a stomach feeding tube through the skin (CPT 43762) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-43762-replacement-of-a-stomach-feeding-tube-through-the-skin