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
PR PLACE GASTROSTOMY TUBE,NEONATE
Des Moines, IA
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Central Iowa Hospital Corporation’s median price of $1.1k is 4% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 48% of the 1,462 hospitals reporting CPT 43831. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 20 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 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $539.71 | $539.71 | $539.71 – $539.71 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $550.50 | $550.50 | $550.50 – $550.50 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $550.50 | $550.50 | $550.50 – $550.50 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $566.70 | $566.70 | $566.70 – $566.70 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $566.70 | $566.70 | $566.70 – $566.70 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $956.31 | $956.31 | $956.31 – $956.31 |
| 7 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $956.31 | $956.31 | $956.31 – $956.31 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $984.44 | $984.44 | $984.44 – $984.44 |
| 9 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $1,190 | $1,190 | $1,190 – $1,190 |
| 10 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $1,190 | $1,190 | $1,190 – $1,190 |
| 11 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $1,328 | $1,328 | $1,328 – $1,328 |
| 12 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $1,400 | $1,400 | $1,400 – $1,400 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $1,440 | $1,440 | $1,440 – $1,440 |
| 14 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $1,616 | $1,616 | $1,616 – $1,616 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $1,843 | $1,843 | $1,843 – $1,843 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $1,843 | $1,843 | $1,843 – $1,843 |
| 17 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,250 | $2,250 | $2,250 – $2,250 |
| 18 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,345 | $2,345 | $2,345 – $2,345 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,408 | $2,408 | $2,408 – $2,408 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,408 | $2,408 | $2,408 – $2,408 |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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