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
PR GASTROTOMY W/EXPLORATION/FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Hilo, HI
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Hilo Benioff Medical Center’s median price of $780 is 71% below the median hospital's median price ($2.7k), higher than 17% of the 1,290 hospitals reporting CPT 43500. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 3 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicare professional · fee schedule · both | $737 | $737 | — | — | — | $737 – $737 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $780 | $780 | — | — | — | $780 – $780 |
| 3 | Devoted medicare professional · fee schedule · both | $811 | $811 | — | — | — | $811 – $811 |
| 4 | Kaiser commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $885 | $885 | — | — | — | $885 – $885 |
| 5 | Kaiser medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $885 | $885 | — | — | — | $885 – $885 |
| 6 | Kaiser medicare professional · fee schedule · both | $885 | $885 | — | — | — | $885 – $885 |
Last updated: Jun 15, 2026
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