Introduction of gastrointestinal tube at Brandon HMA LLC

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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S-INTRO GAST TUBE

Brandon, MS

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Brandon HMA LLC’s median price of $1.2k is 13% above the median hospital's median price ($1.0k), higher than 59% of the 2,004 hospitals reporting CPT 44500. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 44500 at Brandon HMA LLC

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 23 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 uhc medicaid ms facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$714	$714	—	—	—	$714 – $714
2	Molina molina medicaid ms facility · other · outpatient	$722	$722	—	—	—	$722 – $722
3	Caresource caresource truecare facility · other · outpatient	$729	$729	—	—	—	$729 – $729
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ms fmp facility · other · outpatient	$763	$763	—	—	—	$763 – $763
5	Molina molina chip facility · other · outpatient	$772	$772	—	—	—	$772 – $772
6	Tricare node tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$778	$778	—	—	—	$778 – $778
7	Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient	$839	$839	—	—	—	$839 – $839
8	Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$863	$863	—	—	—	$863 – $863
9	UnitedHealthcare node uhc mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$863	$863	—	—	—	$863 – $863
10	Optum node united optum va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$877	$877	—	—	—	$877 – $877
11	Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$880	$880	—	—	—	$880 – $880
12	Molina node molina mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$880	$880	—	—	—	$880 – $880
13	Aetna node first choice aetna mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$889	$889	—	—	—	$889 – $889
14	WellCare node first choice wellcare mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$895	$895	—	—	—	$895 – $895
15	UnitedHealthcare uhc options ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
16	UnitedHealthcare uhc options ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
17	Molina molina exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$1.3k	$1.3k	—	—	—	$1.3k – $1.3k
18	UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · case rate · outpatient	$2.0k	$2.0k	—	—	—	$2.0k – $2.0k
19	UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · case rate · outpatient	$2.0k	$2.0k	—	—	—	$2.0k – $2.0k
20	Phcs phcs facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$2.4k	$2.4k	—	—	—	$2.4k – $2.4k
21	Phcs phcs facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2.4k	$2.4k	—	—	—	$2.4k – $2.4k
22	Aetna aetna pho facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2.8k	$2.8k	—	—	—	$2.8k – $2.8k
23	Cigna cigna behavioral health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2.8k	$2.8k	—	—	—	$2.8k – $2.8k

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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