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
RED OAK, TX
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Medical City Arlington’s median price of $2.3k is 91% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 75% 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, 29 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 mcdstar case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan starhealth 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 bluepremier fee schedule · outpatient | $1,022 | $1,022 | $1,022 – $1,022 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueadvantagehmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,800 | $1,800 | $1,800 – $1,800 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $1,800 | $1,800 | $1,800 – $1,800 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient | $1,976 | $1,976 | $1,976 – $1,976 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials fee schedule · outpatient | $2,004 | $2,004 | $2,004 – $2,004 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentialsaccess fee schedule · outpatient | $2,004 | $2,004 | $2,004 – $2,004 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $2,074 | $2,074 | $2,074 – $2,074 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield eposoa fee schedule · outpatient | $2,106 | $2,106 | $2,106 – $2,106 |
| 14 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $2,129 | $2,129 | $2,129 – $2,129 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,201 | $2,201 | $2,201 – $2,201 |
| 16 | Aetna qhphix case rate · outpatient | $2,513 | $2,513 | $2,513 – $2,513 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $3,150 | $3,150 | $3,150 – $3,150 |
| 18 | Aetna newbusiness case rate · outpatient | $3,445 | $3,445 | $3,445 – $3,445 |
| 19 | Aetna comm case rate · outpatient | $3,682 | $3,682 | $3,682 – $3,682 |
| 20 | Aetna meritain case rate · outpatient | $3,682 | $3,682 | $3,682 – $3,682 |
| 21 | Humana comm fee schedule · outpatient | $4,216 | $4,216 | $4,216 – $4,216 |
| 22 | Aetna oon case rate · outpatient | $4,332 | $4,332 | $4,332 – $4,332 |
| 23 | Oscar hix case rate · outpatient | $4,723 | $4,723 | $4,723 – $4,723 |
| 24 | Cigna localplus case rate · outpatient | $20,013 | $20,013 | $20,013 – $20,013 |
| 25 | Cigna newbusiness case rate · outpatient | $20,033 | $20,033 | $20,033 – $20,033 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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