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
LULING, LA
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Hospital Service District No. 1 Of The Parish Of St. Charles, State Of Louisiana’s median price of $861 is 28% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 14% 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, 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 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $577.66 | $577.66 | $337.52 – $817.79 |
| 2 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $671.62 | $671.62 | $671.62 – $671.62 |
| 3 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 4 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 5 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $860.83 | $860.83 | $860.83 – $860.83 |
| 7 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,214 | $1,214 | $1,214 – $1,214 |
| 8 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,451 | $1,392 | $860.83 – $1,627 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,974 | $1,974 | $1,974 – $1,974 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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