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Procedure price report · Ileostomy and other enterostomy

Small intestine feeding tube placed through the skin

CPT 49441the billing code this page is about

Placement of a feeding tube into the first part of the small intestine (duodenum or jejunum) through the skin of the abdomen, using imaging guidance.

Hospitals typically charge $2,254 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,528 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,418. Most fall between $1,190 and $4,110 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,528
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 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 1,528 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
$742$1,376$2,254$3,710$5,855

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($742 vs $5,855).

How the prices are spread

$507 – $668: 54 hospitals$507$668 – $880: 59 hospitals$880 – $1,159: 107 hospitals$880$1,159 – $1,526: 135 hospitals$1,526 – $2,010: 225 hospitals$1,526$2,010 – $2,648: 251 hospitals$2,648 – $3,488: 211 hospitals$2,648$3,488 – $4,594: 173 hospitals$4,594 – $6,051: 104 hospitals$4,594$6,051 – $7,970: 58 hospitals$6,051median $2,254price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,377 of 1,528 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$507$66854
$668$88059
$880$1,159107
$1,159$1,526135
$1,526$2,010225
$2,010$2,648251
$2,648$3,488211
$3,488$4,594173
$4,594$6,051104
$6,051$7,97058

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,960
Median cash price$2,254
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.15×

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 $2,254.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,473 across 37 hospitalsWA$2,473Idaho: median $2,732 across 11 hospitalsID$2,732Montana: median $1,425 across 10 hospitalsMT$1,425North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,311 across 38 hospitalsMN$1,311Illinois: median $2,074 across 60 hospitalsIL$2,074Wisconsin: median $2,134 across 49 hospitalsWI$2,134Michigan: median $1,711 across 56 hospitalsMI$1,711New York: median $2,245 across 62 hospitalsNY$2,245Massachusetts: median $2,286 across 22 hospitalsMA$2,286Oregon: median $2,008 across 33 hospitalsOR$2,008Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,298 across 25 hospitalsIA$2,298Indiana: median $1,761 across 49 hospitalsIN$1,761Ohio: median $3,453 across 95 hospitalsOH$3,453Pennsylvania: median $2,224 across 82 hospitalsPA$2,224New Jersey: median $4,296 across 49 hospitalsNJ$4,296Connecticut: median $2,648 across 13 hospitalsCT$2,648Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,484 across 118 hospitalsCA$3,484Utah: median $2,732 across 26 hospitalsUT$2,732Colorado: median $1,692 across 33 hospitalsCO$1,692Nebraska: median $1,630 across 13 hospitalsNE$1,630Missouri: median $1,821 across 32 hospitalsMO$1,821Kentucky: median $1,938 across 20 hospitalsKY$1,938West Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,043 across 38 hospitalsVA$2,043Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,371 across 31 hospitalsAZ$1,371New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,577 across 13 hospitalsKS$2,577Arkansas: median $692 across 10 hospitalsAR$692Tennessee: median $771 across 31 hospitalsTN$771North Carolina: median $1,321 across 32 hospitalsNC$1,321South Carolina: median $1,716 across 28 hospitalsSC$1,716Oklahoma: median $1,476 across 22 hospitalsOK$1,476Louisiana: median $1,064 across 18 hospitalsLA$1,064Mississippi: median $1,224 across 12 hospitalsMS$1,224Alabama: median $1,415 across 16 hospitalsAL$1,415Georgia: median $3,225 across 53 hospitalsGA$3,225Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,303 across 132 hospitalsTX$2,303Florida: median $3,126 across 76 hospitalsFL$3,126
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,254. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ49$4,296+91%$2,100 – $6,862
California CA118$3,484+55%$2,066 – $4,280
Ohio OH95$3,453+53%$1,596 – $5,672
Georgia GA53$3,225+43%$2,870 – $11,520
Florida FL76$3,126+39%$1,738 – $5,880
Idaho ID11$2,732+21%$1,778 – $4,686
Utah UT26$2,732+21%$2,732 – $3,214
Connecticut CT13$2,648+17%$2,210 – $3,981
Kansas KS13$2,577+14%$926 – $3,173
Washington WA37$2,473+10%$1,209 – $3,343
Texas TX132$2,303+2%$1,751 – $4,099
Iowa IA25$2,298+2%$888 – $2,588
Massachusetts MA22$2,286+1%$1,757 – $5,052
New York NY62$2,2450%$1,428 – $4,104
Pennsylvania PA82$2,224−1%$1,663 – $7,209
Wisconsin WI49$2,134−5%$1,125 – $2,865
Illinois IL60$2,074−8%$964 – $3,927
Virginia VA38$2,043−9%$1,186 – $2,353
Oregon OR33$2,008−11%$588 – $4,510
Kentucky KY20$1,938−14%$947 – $2,653
Missouri MO32$1,821−19%$1,567 – $2,890
Indiana IN49$1,761−22%$1,063 – $3,345
South Carolina SC28$1,716−24%$1,716 – $4,150
Michigan MI56$1,711−24%$1,241 – $2,865
Colorado CO33$1,692−25%$928 – $2,389
Nebraska NE13$1,630−28%$888 – $2,065
Oklahoma OK22$1,476−34%$1,403 – $2,384
Montana MT10$1,425−37%$307 – $2,789
Alabama AL16$1,415−37%$766 – $1,997
Arizona AZ31$1,371−39%$937 – $8,083
North Carolina NC32$1,321−41%$1,221 – $2,210
Minnesota MN38$1,311−42%$502 – $3,243
Mississippi MS12$1,224−46%$627 – $1,760
Louisiana LA18$1,064−53%$820 – $2,732
Tennessee TN31$771−66%$613 – $1,338
Arkansas AR10$692−69%$494 – $1,664
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not 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 $2,254.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,328$2,259$1,234 – $4,110
Children’s31$3,543$1,628 – $5,962
Critical access161$2,008$757 – $3,600
Ownership
For-profit162$2,303$1,196 – $5,616
Government185$1,854$1,022 – $3,242
Non-profit1,173$2,303$1,234 – $4,110
System affiliation
Part of a system1,321$2,303$1,237 – $4,110
Independent207$1,899$926 – $3,740

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,963
Median cash price$2,254
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

1,212 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,365 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,490; most fall between $1,176 and $4,110.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,212 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
$757$1,366$2,365$3,862$5,898

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($757 vs $5,898).

Of the 1,302 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,212 gave a usable cash price; 39 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 51 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,528 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (39%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,653 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,528
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here65
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded59
Hospitals that filed this code1,653

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 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 Insert Duodenostomy/Jejunostomy Tube Perq.

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, “Small intestine feeding tube placed through the skin (CPT 49441) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-49441-small-intestine-feeding-tube-placed-through-the-skin