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
Jourdanton, TX
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Methodist Hospital Atascosa’s median price of $1.7k is 43% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 66% 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, 27 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 | First Health chip per diem · outpatient | $365.00 | $365.00 | $365.00 – $365.00 |
| 2 | First Health chipperinate per diem · outpatient | $365.00 | $365.00 | $365.00 – $365.00 |
| 3 | First Health mcdstar per diem · outpatient | $365.00 | $365.00 | $365.00 – $365.00 |
| 4 | WellCare mcrhmo fee schedule · outpatient | $956.67 | $956.67 | $956.67 – $956.67 |
| 5 | WellCare mcrpos fee schedule · outpatient | $956.67 | $956.67 | $956.67 – $956.67 |
| 6 | WellCare mcrppo fee schedule · outpatient | $956.67 | $956.67 | $956.67 – $956.67 |
| 7 | WellCare mcrsnp fee schedule · outpatient | $956.67 | $956.67 | $956.67 – $956.67 |
| 8 | WellCare pffs fee schedule · outpatient | $956.67 | $956.67 | $956.67 – $956.67 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $1,273 | $1,273 | $1,273 – $1,273 |
| 10 | Oscar broadnetworkhix case rate · outpatient | $1,377 | $1,377 | $1,377 – $1,377 |
| 11 | Oscar epo case rate · outpatient | $1,377 | $1,377 | $1,377 – $1,377 |
| 12 | Oscar pos case rate · outpatient | $1,377 | $1,377 | $1,377 – $1,377 |
| 13 | Oscar ppo case rate · outpatient | $1,377 | $1,377 | $1,377 – $1,377 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueadvantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,690 | $1,690 | $1,690 – $1,690 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentials fee schedule · outpatient | $1,705 | $1,705 | $1,705 – $1,705 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blueessentialsaccess fee schedule · outpatient | $1,705 | $1,705 | $1,705 – $1,705 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield healthselectopenaccess(eposoa) fee schedule · outpatient | $1,870 | $1,870 | $1,870 – $1,870 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,028 | $2,028 | $2,028 – $2,028 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $2,461 | $2,461 | $2,461 – $2,461 |
| 20 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $3,041 | $3,041 | $3,041 – $3,041 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare charter case rate · outpatient | $3,315 | $3,315 | $3,315 – $3,315 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare nexusaco case rate · outpatient | $3,315 | $3,315 | $3,315 – $3,315 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $3,917 | $3,917 | $3,917 – $3,917 |
| 24 | Cigna newbusinessnetwork case rate · outpatient | $6,362 | $6,362 | $6,362 – $6,362 |
| 25 | Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient | $6,973 | $6,973 | $6,973 – $6,973 |
Last updated: May 1, 2026
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