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, for feeding
SPRING, TX
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Hca Houston Healthcare Northwest’s median price of $2.4k is 105% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 78% 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, 20 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 | Superior Healthplan chip case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 2 | Superior Healthplan chpfc case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan star case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 4 | Superior Healthplan starkids case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 5 | Superior Healthplan starplus case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $1,399 | $1,399 | $1,399 – $1,399 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bav fee schedule · outpatient | $1,540 | $1,540 | $1,540 – $1,540 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,627 | $1,627 | $1,627 – $1,627 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield eposoa fee schedule · outpatient | $1,768 | $1,768 | $1,768 – $1,768 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,902 | $1,902 | $1,902 – $1,902 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $2,030 | $2,030 | $2,030 – $2,030 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient | $2,130 | $2,130 | $2,130 – $2,130 |
| 13 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $2,434 | $2,434 | $2,434 – $2,434 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $2,900 | $2,900 | $2,900 – $2,900 |
| 15 | Oscar hix case rate · outpatient | $2,979 | $2,979 | $2,979 – $2,979 |
| 16 | Humana hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,690 | $4,690 | $4,690 – $4,690 |
| 17 | Humana ppo case rate · outpatient | $4,690 | $4,690 | $4,690 – $4,690 |
| 18 | Cigna csn case rate · outpatient | $10,740 | $10,740 | $10,740 – $10,740 |
| 19 | Cigna openaccessplus case rate · outpatient | $11,636 | $11,636 | $11,636 – $11,636 |
| 20 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $13,835 | $13,835 | $13,835 – $13,835 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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