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

Posted commercial rates at 41 Tennessee hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 43246

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Rhea Medical Center Dayton$1,3460.8×12026-03-30
Hardin Medical Center Savannah$1,5410.9×42026-05-01
Greeneville Community Hospital Greeneville$1,6190.9×42026-03-23
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro$1,6370.9×12026-01-01
Sycamore Shoals Hospital Elizabethton$1,7411.0×52026-03-23
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Rogersville$1,7411.0×52026-03-23
Franklin Woods Community Hospital Johnson City$1,7421.0×62026-03-23
Indian Path Community Hospital Kingsport$1,7681.0×62026-03-23
Johnson City Medical Center Johnson City$1,7911.0×52026-03-23
Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown$1,8281.1×52026-08-05
Roane Medical Center Harriman$1,8281.1×52026-08-05
Methodist Medical Center Of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge$1,8281.1×52026-08-05
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville$1,8281.1×52026-08-05
Starr Regional Medical Center Athens Athens$1,9361.1×22026-07-10
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence Lawrenceburg$1,9361.1×22026-07-14
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville$1,9441.1×42026-08-05
Cumberland Medical Center Crossville$1,9581.1×52026-08-05
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell$1,9581.1×52026-08-05
Leconte Medical Center Sevierville$1,9581.1×52026-08-05
Tennova Healthcare North Knoxville Medical Center Powell$2,0421.2×52026-04-01
Livingston Regional Hospital Livingston$2,1631.2×22026-04-01
Bristol Regional Medical Center Bristol$2,2041.3×62026-03-23
Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport$2,2041.3×62026-03-23
Tristar Northcrest Medical Center Springfield$2,2441.2×62026-09-01
TriStar Skyline Medical Center Nashville$2,4041.3×62026-09-01
TriStar Summit Medical Center Hermitage$2,4041.3×62026-09-01
Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center Nashville$2,4041.3×62026-09-01
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital (Midtown + West) Nashville$2,4101.3×22026-01-01
Tristar Horizon Medical Center Dickson$2,4741.3×62026-09-01
TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center Hendersonville$2,4741.3×62026-09-01
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center Smyrna$2,4741.3×62026-09-01
Tristar Ashland City Medical Center Ashland City$2,4741.3×62026-09-01
Erlanger Health System Chattanooga$2,4921.4×22026-01-25
Parkridge Medical Center Chattanooga$2,5001.4×62026-09-01
Methodist Hospitals of Memphis Memphis$2,6201.5×42026-03-19
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union City Union City$3,1181.8×502026-02-25
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Pikeville$3,1871.8×12026-01-25
Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon$3,5361.9×122025-10-01
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville$3,6742.0×122025-10-01
Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville$3,9382.3×112025-10-01
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma$3,9382.3×112025-10-01

Questions

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

41 Tennessee hospitals post usable commercial rates for feeding tube placement (peg) in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 43246, hospital outpatient, the median across 41 hospitals is $2,163, 1.2× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.