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
Gastrostomy open neonatal
3000 32nd Ave S Fargo, ND
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Essentia Health Fargo’s median price of $938 is 21% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 27% 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, 9 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 medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $937.56 | $937.56 | $937.56 – $937.56 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $937.56 | $937.56 | $937.56 – $937.56 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $937.56 | $937.56 | $937.56 – $937.56 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $937.56 | $937.56 | $937.56 – $937.56 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $937.56 | $937.56 | $937.56 – $937.56 |
| 6 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,660 | $1,660 | $1,660 – $1,660 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,660 | $1,660 | $1,660 – $1,660 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,071 | $2,071 | $2,071 – $2,071 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,071 | $2,071 | $2,071 – $2,071 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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