Diagnostic stomach tube with sample collection at Dignity Health

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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INTUB/ASPIR GASTRIC SINGL

Bakersfield, CA

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Dignity Health’s median price of $435 is 32% above the median hospital's median price ($331), higher than 63% of the 1,580 hospitals reporting CPT 43754. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 43754 at Dignity Health

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 28 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	Anthem medicaid\|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$31	—	—	—	$31 – $31
2	Anthem medicaid\|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$31	—	—	—	$31 – $31
3	Kaiser medicaid\|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$31	—	—	—	$31 – $31
4	Kaiser medicaid\|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$31	—	—	—	$31 – $31
5	Molina medicaid\|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$31	—	—	—	$31 – $31
6	Molina medicaid\|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient	$31	$31	—	—	—	$31 – $31
7	Aetna medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$396	$396	—	—	—	$396 – $396
8	Anthem medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$396	$396	—	—	—	$396 – $396
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare\|all plans case rate · outpatient	$396	$396	—	—	—	$396 – $396
10	Humana medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$396	$396	—	—	—	$396 – $396
11	Kaiser medicare\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$396	$396	—	—	—	$396 – $396
12	UnitedHealthcare medicare\|all plans case rate · outpatient	$396	$396	—	—	—	$396 – $396
13	First Health commercial\|all plans fee schedule · inpatient	$593	$593	—	—	—	$593 – $593
14	First Health commercial\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$593	$593	—	—	—	$593 – $593
15	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$661	$661	—	—	—	$661 – $661
16	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|options ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$661	$661	—	—	—	$661 – $661
17	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|non-options ppo fee schedule · outpatient	$669	$669	—	—	—	$669 – $669
18	MultiPlan commercial\|all plans fee schedule · inpatient	$678	$678	—	—	—	$678 – $678
19	MultiPlan commercial\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$678	$678	—	—	—	$678 – $678
20	UnitedHealthcare commercial\|hmo fee schedule · outpatient	$796	$796	—	—	—	$796 – $796
21	Kaiser commercial\|all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$886	$886	—	—	—	$886 – $886
22	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial\|exchange case rate · outpatient	$894	$894	—	—	—	$894 – $894
23	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial\|all other plans case rate · outpatient	$1.4k	$1.4k	—	—	—	$1.4k – $1.4k
24	Anthem commercial\|exchange case rate · outpatient	$3.2k	$3.2k	—	—	—	$3.2k – $3.2k
25	Aetna commercial\|hmo case rate · outpatient	$3.6k	$3.6k	—	—	—	$3.6k – $3.6k

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Last updated: Feb 28, 2026

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