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
901 9th St N Virginia, MN
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Essentia Health Virginia’s median price of $920 is 23% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 24% 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, 6 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 | $920.12 | $920.12 | $920.12 – $920.12 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $920.12 | $920.12 | $920.12 – $920.12 |
| 3 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $920.12 | $920.12 | $920.12 – $920.12 |
| 4 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $920.12 | $920.12 | $920.12 – $920.12 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $920.12 | $920.12 | $920.12 – $920.12 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,221 | $3,221 | $3,221 – $3,221 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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