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
North Richland Hills, TX
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Medical City North Hills’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 | $1,045 | $1,045 | $1,045 – $1,045 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueadvantagehmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,533 | $1,533 | $1,533 – $1,533 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $1,533 | $1,533 | $1,533 – $1,533 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient | $1,805 | $1,805 | $1,805 – $1,805 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials fee schedule · outpatient | $1,949 | $1,949 | $1,949 – $1,949 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentialsaccess fee schedule · outpatient | $1,949 | $1,949 | $1,949 – $1,949 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield eposoa fee schedule · outpatient | $2,051 | $2,051 | $2,051 – $2,051 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,146 | $2,146 | $2,146 – $2,146 |
| 14 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $2,214 | $2,214 | $2,214 – $2,214 |
| 15 | Aetna qhphix case rate · outpatient | $2,513 | $2,513 | $2,513 – $2,513 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $3,256 | $3,256 | $3,256 – $3,256 |
| 17 | Aetna newbusiness case rate · outpatient | $3,445 | $3,445 | $3,445 – $3,445 |
| 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 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $4,532 | $4,532 | $4,532 – $4,532 |
| 23 | Oscar hix case rate · outpatient | $4,723 | $4,723 | $4,723 – $4,723 |
| 24 | Cigna localplus case rate · outpatient | $17,220 | $17,220 | $17,220 – $17,220 |
| 25 | Cigna newbusiness case rate · outpatient | $17,238 | $17,238 | $17,238 – $17,238 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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