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
Buffalo, NY
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Kaleida Health’s median price of $1.2k is 3% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 53% 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: 6 payers, 11 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 | Aetna all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $710.04 | $710.04 | $710.04 – $710.04 |
| 2 | Tricare government fee schedule · outpatient | $1,076 | $1,076 | $1,076 – $1,076 |
| 3 | WellCare medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $1,177 | $1,177 | $1,177 – $1,177 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $1,200 | $1,200 | $1,200 – $1,200 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $1,228 | $1,228 | $1,228 – $1,228 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield advantage - healthnow medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $1,210 | $1,317 | $772.03 – $2,077 |
| 7 | Cigna mvp medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $1,325 | $1,325 | $1,325 – $1,325 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield healthnow standard exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $998.87 | $1,587 | $875.96 – $3,014 |
| 9 | Cigna mvp all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,608 | $1,608 | $1,608 – $1,608 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield align - healthnow other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $1,110 | $1,764 | $973.33 – $3,349 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield healthnow ppo/traditional fee schedule · outpatient | $1,400 | $2,226 | $1,228 – $4,225 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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