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Procedure price report · Ileostomy and other enterostomy

Feeding tube placed into the small intestine during surgery

CPT 44015the billing code this page is about

Add-on service for placing a tube or needle catheter into the jejunum for liquid nutrition, done as part of another abdominal operation.

Hospitals typically charge $494 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 493 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $645. Most fall between $232 and $1,577 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
493
States
48
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 493 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
$154$270$494$1,272$2,721

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($154 vs $2,721).

How the prices are spread

$74 – $111: 11 hospitals$74$111 – $167: 23 hospitals$167 – $252: 57 hospitals$167$252 – $379: 100 hospitals$379 – $572: 42 hospitals$379$572 – $862: 61 hospitals$862 – $1,299: 57 hospitals$862$1,299 – $1,958: 37 hospitals$1,958 – $2,951: 45 hospitals$1,958$2,951 – $4,448: 14 hospitals$2,951median $494price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (447 of 493 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$74$11111
$111$16723
$167$25257
$252$379100
$379$57242
$572$86261
$862$1,29957
$1,299$1,95837
$1,958$2,95145
$2,951$4,44814

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $494.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $593 across 19 hospitalsWA$593Idaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,272 across 16 hospitalsMN$1,272Illinois: median $299 across 16 hospitalsIL$299Wisconsin: median $867 across 16 hospitalsWI$867Michigan: median $1,024 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,024New York: median $372 across 23 hospitalsNY$372Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $348 across 14 hospitalsOR$348Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $349 across 20 hospitalsIA$349Indiana: median $299 across 12 hospitalsIN$299Ohio: median $905 across 27 hospitalsOH$905Pennsylvania: median $557 across 27 hospitalsPA$557New Jersey: median $4,881 across 18 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $624 across 28 hospitalsCA$624Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $578 across 12 hospitalsNE$578Missouri: median $233 across 10 hospitalsMO$233Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,098 across 18 hospitalsVA$2,098Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $475 across 11 hospitalsNC$475South Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $199 across 11 hospitalsOK$199Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $378 across 16 hospitalsGA$378Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $2,443 across 27 hospitalsFL$2,443
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $494. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ18$4,881+888%$3,786 – $5,741
Florida FL27$2,443+394%$949 – $2,721
Virginia VA18$2,098+325%$93 – $2,098
Minnesota MN16$1,272+157%$1,084 – $1,919
Michigan MI27$1,024+107%$193 – $1,577
Ohio OH27$905+83%$566 – $1,229
Wisconsin WI16$867+75%$867 – $2,921
California CA28$624+26%$301 – $995
Washington WA19$593+20%$255 – $657
Nebraska NE12$578+17%$296 – $677
Pennsylvania PA27$557+13%$36 – $1,340
North Carolina NC11$475−4%$450 – $596
Georgia GA16$378−24%$378 – $378
New York NY23$372−25%$168 – $857
Iowa IA20$349−29%$306 – $895
Oregon OR14$348−30%$255 – $382
Illinois IL16$299−40%$232 – $679
Indiana IN12$299−40%$147 – $312
Missouri MO10$233−53%$220 – $619
Oklahoma OK11$199−60%$199 – $199
Montana MT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not 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 $494.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care395$557$231 – $1,769
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access86$382$250 – $1,080
Ownership
For-profit35$596$299 – $954
Government80$384$182 – $995
Non-profit376$578$228 – $1,769
System affiliation
Part of a system396$612$248 – $1,782
Independent97$330$212 – $736

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$744
Median cash price$494
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

355 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $439 and the average of the middle 60% is $579; most fall between $212 and $1,669.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 355 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
$135$255$439$1,253$2,721

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($135 vs $2,721).

Of the 389 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 355 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

493 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (12%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 562 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted493
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code562

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 September 4, 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 Ileostomy and other enterostomy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tube/Needle Cath Jejunostomy Any Method.

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, “Feeding tube placed into the small intestine during surgery (CPT 44015) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-44015-feeding-tube-placed-into-the-small-intestine-during-surgery