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
Phoenix, AZ
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Dignity Health’s median price of $999 is 16% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 37% 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: 7 payers, 17 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 medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $641.56 | $641.56 | $641.56 – $641.56 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|dual complete case rate · outpatient | $975.14 | $975.14 | $975.14 – $975.14 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $999.27 | $999.27 | $999.27 – $999.27 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $999.27 | $999.27 | $999.27 – $999.27 |
| 5 | Cigna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $999.27 | $999.27 | $999.27 – $999.27 |
| 6 | First Health medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $999.27 | $999.27 | $999.27 – $999.27 |
| 7 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $999.27 | $999.27 | $999.27 – $999.27 |
| 8 | Optum medicare|optumcare fee schedule · outpatient | $999.27 | $999.27 | $999.27 – $999.27 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $999.27 | $999.27 | $999.27 – $999.27 |
| 10 | Optum medicare|optumhealth fee schedule · outpatient | $1,099 | $1,099 | $1,099 – $1,099 |
| 11 | Cigna commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $5,669 | $5,669 | $5,669 – $5,669 |
| 12 | Cigna commercial|localplus surefit case rate · outpatient | $6,068 | $6,068 | $6,068 – $6,068 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|maricopafocus fee schedule · outpatient | $7,314 | $7,314 | $7,314 – $7,314 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|neighborhood fee schedule · outpatient | $7,314 | $7,314 | $7,314 – $7,314 |
| 15 | Cigna commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $7,984 | $7,984 | $7,984 – $7,984 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $9,752 | $9,752 | $9,752 – $9,752 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|workers comp fee schedule · outpatient | $14,390 | $14,390 | $14,390 – $14,390 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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