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
FT WORTH, TX
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Medical City Fort Worth’s median price of $2.6k is 120% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 83% 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: 7 payers, 24 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluepremier fee schedule · outpatient | $1,163 | $1,163 | $1,163 – $1,163 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient | $1,605 | $1,605 | $1,605 – $1,605 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $1,980 | $1,980 | $1,980 – $1,980 |
| 4 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $2,129 | $2,129 | $2,129 – $2,129 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueadvantagehmo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,185 | $2,185 | $2,185 – $2,185 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $2,185 | $2,185 | $2,185 – $2,185 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials fee schedule · outpatient | $2,413 | $2,413 | $2,413 – $2,413 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentialsaccess fee schedule · outpatient | $2,413 | $2,413 | $2,413 – $2,413 |
| 9 | Aetna qhphix case rate · outpatient | $2,513 | $2,513 | $2,513 – $2,513 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield eposoa fee schedule · outpatient | $2,531 | $2,531 | $2,531 – $2,531 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,649 | $2,649 | $2,649 – $2,649 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $3,150 | $3,150 | $3,150 – $3,150 |
| 13 | Aetna newbusiness case rate · outpatient | $3,445 | $3,445 | $3,445 – $3,445 |
| 14 | Aetna comm case rate · outpatient | $3,682 | $3,682 | $3,682 – $3,682 |
| 15 | Aetna meritain case rate · outpatient | $3,682 | $3,682 | $3,682 – $3,682 |
| 16 | Humana comm fee schedule · outpatient | $4,216 | $4,216 | $4,216 – $4,216 |
| 17 | Aetna oon case rate · outpatient | $4,332 | $4,332 | $4,332 – $4,332 |
| 18 | Oscar hix case rate · outpatient | $4,723 | $4,723 | $4,723 – $4,723 |
| 19 | Cigna localplus case rate · outpatient | $21,804 | $21,804 | $21,804 – $21,804 |
| 20 | Cigna newbusiness case rate · outpatient | $21,826 | $21,826 | $21,826 – $21,826 |
| 21 | Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient | $24,362 | $24,362 | $24,362 – $24,362 |
| 22 | Cigna networkbenefit case rate · outpatient | $24,362 | $24,362 | $24,362 – $24,362 |
| 23 | Cigna openaccessplus case rate · outpatient | $24,362 | $24,362 | $24,362 – $24,362 |
| 24 | Cigna allother case rate · outpatient | $30,818 | $30,818 | $30,818 – $30,818 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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