Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Intro GI Tube Past Stomach
Low
$1
Average
$2.3k
Median
$1.5k
High
$50.5k
Each hospital's average Cigna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1319 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 12.0× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Cigna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | OU Health - University of Oklahoma Medical Center Edmond, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $97 | $97 | — | — | 4–40 | $97 – $97 |
| 2 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $3.4k | $6.5k | $7.8k | 120% | 3–30 | $255 – $22.4k |
| 3 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · case rate · outpatient | 2 | $3.6k | $3.6k | $291 | 8% | 2–20 | $3.3k – $4.0k |
| 4 | University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville, VA fee schedule · both | 3 | $3.9k | $4.0k | $369 | 9% | 2–20 | $3.5k – $4.4k |
| 5 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 6 | NEMOURS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL STE 100 LAKE MARY, FL per diem · outpatient | 1 | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | 1–10 | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 7 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $962 | $5.0k | $10.2k | 204% | 1–10 | $225 – $29.9k |
| 8 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA professional · fee schedule · both | 1 | $47 | $47 | — | — | 1–10 | $47 – $47 |
| 9 | St Louis Childrens Hospital Saint Louis, MO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 10 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 11 | Stormont Vail Healthcare, Inc Topeka, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $50.5k | $50.5k | — | — | 1–10 | $50.5k – $50.5k |
| 12 | University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $959 | $1.0k | $129 | 12% | 1–10 | $945 – $1.2k |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority WI 53718; 1675 Highland Ave Madison, WI percent of total billed chargesfrom % of charges | 1 | $900 | $900 | — | — | 1–10 | $900 – $900 |
| 14 | ACADIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, INC 1305 CROWLEY RAYNE HWY case rate · outpatient | 1 | $954 | $954 | — | — | — | $954 – $954 |
| 15 | ADVENTIST HEALTH DELANO Delano, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 16 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $22 | $22 | — | — | — | $22 – $22 |
| 17 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $16 | $16 | — | — | — | $16 – $16 |
| 18 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 19 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 20 | AGH LAVEEN LLC Phoenix, AZ case rate · outpatient | 2 | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 21 | AGH MESA LLC Mesa, AZ case rate · outpatient | 2 | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 22 | AHS Southcrest Hospital, LLC Tulsa, OK facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 23 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $884 | $884 | — | — | — | $884 – $884 |
| 24 | AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER Akron, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 25 | ALBANY GENERAL HOSPITAL Albany, OR facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
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