Esophageal dilation using a bougie or sound at Acadia General Hospital, Inc

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC DILATION, ESOPHAGUS, UNGUIDED SOUND/BOUGIE, ONE/MULTI PASS

Crowley, LA

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Acadia General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $852 is 19% below the median hospital's median price ($1.1k), higher than 24% of the 2,046 hospitals reporting CPT 43450. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 43450 at Acadia General Hospital, Inc

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 13 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$282	$282	$78	28%	—	$204 – $359
2	Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient	$359	$359	—	—	—	$359 – $359
3	Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient	$359	$359	—	—	—	$359 – $359
4	Humana all payor case rate · outpatient	$359	$359	—	—	—	$359 – $359
5	Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient	$498	$498	—	—	—	$498 – $498
6	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$852	$852	—	—	—	$852 – $852
7	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$852	$852	—	—	—	$852 – $852
8	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$852	$852	—	—	—	$852 – $852
9	Tricare all payor other · outpatient	$852	$852	—	—	—	$852 – $852
10	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$852	$852	—	—	—	$852 – $852
11	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$895	$895	—	—	—	$895 – $895
12	Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient	$954	$954	—	—	—	$954 – $954
13	Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$1.4k	$1.3k	$257	20%	—	$852 – $1.5k

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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