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

Posted commercial rates at 36 Missouri hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 43246

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin$1,2550.7×82026-06-09
Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage$1,2620.7×12026-06-09
Wright Memorial Hospital Trenton$1,5140.8×12025-12-31
Boone Hospital Center Columbia$1,5300.8×12026-04-01
Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy$1,5590.8×12026-06-10
Mercy Hospital Washington Washington$1,5760.8×122026-06-10
Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis$1,7110.9×122026-06-04
Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis$1,7110.9×132026-06-10
Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield$1,8040.9×102026-06-04
Parkland Health Center Farmington$1,8501.0×42025-12-15
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital Sullivan$1,8501.0×42025-12-15
Missouri Baptist Medical Center Town and Country$1,9201.0×72025-12-15
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital Creve Coeur$1,9201.0×72025-12-15
Barnes-Jewish St Peters Hospital Saint Peters$1,9251.0×72025-12-15
Nkc Health North Kansas City$2,1421.1×52026-03-06
Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus$2,4231.3×12026-06-10
St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City$2,4381.3×52026-03-17
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center Poplar Bluff$2,4701.3×42026-04-01
Northeast Regional Medical Center Kirksville$2,5731.3×32026-04-01
Bothwell Regional Health Center Sedalia$2,6121.4×32026-03-26
Barnes Jewish Hospital Saint Louis$2,7401.4×72025-12-15
Texas County Memorial Hospital Houston$2,9231.5×32026-04-21
Research Medical Center Kansas City$3,0811.6×62026-09-01
Centerpoint Medical Center Independence$3,0811.6×62026-09-01
Lee'S Summit Medical Center Lees Summit$3,0811.6×62026-09-01
Belton Regional Medical Center Belton$3,0811.6×62026-09-01
Freeman Neosho Hospital Neosho$3,0861.6×42026-09-01
Lafayette Regional Health Center Lexington$3,2841.7×22026-09-01
Saint Francis Medical Center Cape Girardeau$3,4151.8×32026-04-01
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau$3,4711.8×112026-06-11
Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin$3,6721.9×22026-09-01
Parkland Health Center - Bonne Terre Bonne Terre$4,4022.3×32025-12-15
Progress West Hospital O Fallon$4,5872.4×52025-12-15
Mercy Hospital Perry Perryville$4,6712.4×12026-03-12
Citizens Memorial Hospital Bolivar$5,1822.7×12026-03-25
St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis$6,2783.3×12025-12-15

Questions

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

36 Missouri hospitals post usable commercial rates for feeding tube placement (peg) in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 43246, hospital outpatient, the median across 36 hospitals is $2,522, 1.3× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.