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
Dallas, TX
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Medical City Dallas’s median price of $2.4k is 105% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 79% 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 | $1,556 | $1,556 | $1,556 – $1,556 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $1,556 | $1,556 | $1,556 – $1,556 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials fee schedule · outpatient | $1,768 | $1,768 | $1,768 – $1,768 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentialsaccess fee schedule · outpatient | $1,768 | $1,768 | $1,768 – $1,768 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield eposoa fee schedule · outpatient | $1,855 | $1,855 | $1,855 – $1,855 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,941 | $1,941 | $1,941 – $1,941 |
| 13 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $2,129 | $2,129 | $2,129 – $2,129 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient | $2,270 | $2,270 | $2,270 – $2,270 |
| 15 | Aetna qhphix case rate · outpatient | $2,513 | $2,513 | $2,513 – $2,513 |
| 16 | Aetna newbusiness case rate · outpatient | $3,445 | $3,445 | $3,445 – $3,445 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $3,467 | $3,467 | $3,467 – $3,467 |
| 18 | Aetna comm case rate · outpatient | $3,682 | $3,682 | $3,682 – $3,682 |
| 19 | Aetna meritain case rate · outpatient | $3,682 | $3,682 | $3,682 – $3,682 |
| 20 | Humana comm fee schedule · outpatient | $4,216 | $4,216 | $4,216 – $4,216 |
| 21 | Aetna oon case rate · outpatient | $4,332 | $4,332 | $4,332 – $4,332 |
| 22 | Oscar hix case rate · outpatient | $4,723 | $4,723 | $4,723 – $4,723 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $5,047 | $5,047 | $5,047 – $5,047 |
| 24 | Cigna localplus case rate · outpatient | $18,151 | $18,151 | $18,151 – $18,151 |
| 25 | Cigna newbusiness case rate · outpatient | $18,169 | $18,169 | $18,169 – $18,169 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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