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
Fresno, CA
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Fresno Community Hospital And Medical Center’s median price of $927 is 22% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 25% 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, 23 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 managed medi-cal facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $337.30 | $337.30 | $337.30 – $337.30 |
| 2 | Molina managed medi-cal facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $337.30 | $337.30 | $337.30 – $337.30 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $926.63 | $926.63 | $926.63 – $926.63 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare hmo for chp facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $926.63 | $926.63 | $926.63 – $926.63 |
| 5 | Aetna ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $926.63 | $926.63 | $926.63 – $926.63 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $926.63 | $926.63 | $926.63 – $926.63 |
| 7 | Cigna access (pffs) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $926.63 | $926.63 | $926.63 – $926.63 |
| 8 | Cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $926.63 | $926.63 | $926.63 – $926.63 |
| 9 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $926.63 | $926.63 | $926.63 – $926.63 |
| 10 | Kaiser senior advantage medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $926.63 | $926.63 | $926.63 – $926.63 |
| 11 | WellCare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $926.63 | $926.63 | $926.63 – $926.63 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $940.53 | $940.53 | $940.53 – $940.53 |
| 13 | Aetna medicare hmo for non-chp facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $972.96 | $972.96 | $972.96 – $972.96 |
| 14 | Kaiser commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,167 | $1,167 | $1,167 – $1,167 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield epn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,367 | $1,367 | $1,367 – $1,367 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmopos facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,075 | $3,075 | $3,075 – $3,075 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,156 | $3,156 | $3,156 – $3,156 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,403 | $3,403 | $3,403 – $3,403 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,403 | $3,403 | $3,403 – $3,403 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield epoppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,509 | $3,509 | $3,509 – $3,509 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmoppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $5,447 | $5,447 | $5,447 – $5,447 |
| 22 | Cigna hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $9,319 | $9,319 | $9,319 – $9,319 |
| 23 | Cigna ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $10,999 | $10,999 | $10,999 – $10,999 |
Last updated: Sep 11, 2026
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