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
PLACE GASTROSTOMY TUBE
Hot Springs, AR
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CHI St. Vincent Hospital Hot Springs’s median price of $936 is 21% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 26% 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: 5 payers, 14 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $839.58 | $839.58 | $839.58 – $839.58 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|trueblue exchange case rate · outpatient | $839.58 | $839.58 | $839.58 – $839.58 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|pffs case rate · outpatient | $891.38 | $891.38 | $891.38 – $891.38 |
| 4 | Humana medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $891.38 | $891.38 | $891.38 – $891.38 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|hmo ppo case rate · outpatient | $918.12 | $918.12 | $918.12 – $918.12 |
| 6 | Cigna medicare|healthspring case rate · outpatient | $918.12 | $918.12 | $918.12 – $918.12 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $918.12 | $918.12 | $918.12 – $918.12 |
| 8 | Humana commercial|all plans case rate · outpatient | $921.01 | $921.01 | $921.01 – $921.01 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $935.95 | $935.95 | $935.95 – $935.95 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|non-options case rate · outpatient | $1,721 | $1,721 | $1,721 – $1,721 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options case rate · outpatient | $1,721 | $1,721 | $1,721 – $1,721 |
| 12 | Cigna commercial|ahn case rate · outpatient | $2,280 | $2,280 | $2,280 – $2,280 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial|nbr case rate · outpatient | $2,418 | $2,418 | $2,418 – $2,418 |
| 14 | Cigna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $3,512 | $3,512 | $3,512 – $3,512 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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