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
3M $ PLACE GASTROSTOMY TUBE
Washington, DC
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Children's National Hospital’s median price of $624 is 48% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 10% 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: 8 payers, 16 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 managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $509.78 | $509.78 | $476.53 – $543.02 |
| 2 | Aetna Better Health managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $530.06 | $530.06 | $453.84 – $606.28 |
| 3 | Anthem medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $537.74 | $537.74 | $537.74 – $537.74 |
| 4 | Carefirst managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $544.61 | $544.61 | $544.61 – $544.61 |
| 5 | Carefirst hmo professional · fee schedule · both | $574.61 | $574.61 | $574.61 – $574.61 |
| 6 | Kaiser managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $579.92 | $579.92 | $579.92 – $579.92 |
| 7 | Carefirst rpn professional · fee schedule · both | $638.46 | $638.46 | $638.46 – $638.46 |
| 8 | Molina managed medicaid (ccc plus) professional · fee schedule · both | $659.00 | $659.00 | $659.00 – $659.00 |
| 9 | Molina managed medicaid (medallion) professional · fee schedule · both | $659.00 | $659.00 | $659.00 – $659.00 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $735.34 | $735.34 | $735.34 – $735.34 |
| 11 | Anthem hmx professional · fee schedule · both | $918.56 | $918.56 | $918.56 – $918.56 |
| 12 | Anthem hmo professional · fee schedule · both | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 – $1,000 |
| 13 | Cigna oap professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,028 | $1,028 | $1,028 – $1,028 |
| 14 | Cigna ppo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,028 | $1,028 | $1,028 – $1,028 |
| 15 | Kaiser commercial professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,233 | $1,233 | $1,233 – $1,233 |
| 16 | Anthem ppo/par professional · fee schedule · both | $1,251 | $1,251 | $1,251 – $1,251 |
Last updated: Apr 2, 2026
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