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Feeding tube placement (PEG) in Iowa: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 22 Iowa hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 43246

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$9810.5×12026-06-01
Monroe County Hospital Albia$1,6170.9×22026-03-17
Crawford County Memorial Hospital Denison$1,8301.0×22026-07-27
Clarinda Regional Health Center Clarinda$1,9201.0×12026-07-13
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$1,9601.1×172026-03-31
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$1,9601.1×182026-03-31
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center Clinton$1,9601.1×202026-03-31
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$1,9601.1×202026-03-31
Madison County Health Care System Winterset$2,0581.1×12026-09-23
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$2,4921.4×42025-11-19
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$2,7731.5×32025-11-19
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$2,9101.5×52026-02-15
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$3,1161.7×22026-06-27
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$3,2621.7×62026-02-28
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown$3,3341.8×12026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$3,7322.0×22026-09-01
Finley Hospital Dubuque$3,7322.0×42026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$4,1062.2×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$4,2122.3×32026-01-28
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$4,6592.5×32026-01-28
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$4,9152.7×52026-03-31
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$5,1802.8×22026-01-28

Questions

How much do insurers pay for feeding tube placement (peg) in Iowa?

22 Iowa hospitals post usable commercial rates for feeding tube placement (peg) in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 43246, hospital outpatient, the median across 22 hospitals is $2,842, 1.5× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.