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.
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Gastrotomy; with exploration or foreign body removal
Houston, TX
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Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $5.5k is 109% above the median hospital's median price ($2.6k), higher than 69% of the 1,297 hospitals reporting CPT 43500. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 20 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 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 2 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 3 | Humana humana hmox facility · case rate · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 4 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 5 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 6 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 7 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 8 | Aetna aetna aco hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | — | $3.9k – $3.9k |
| 9 | Cigna cigna surefit facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 10 | Humana humana ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.6k | $4.6k | — | — | — | $4.6k – $4.6k |
| 11 | Aetna aetna multi-tier pos/epo facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.1k | $5.1k | — | — | — | $5.1k – $5.1k |
| 12 | Aetna aetna multi-tier hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.3k | $5.3k | — | — | — | $5.3k – $5.3k |
| 13 | Aetna aetna pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | — | $5.5k – $5.5k |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | — | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 15 | Aetna aetna hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | — | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 16 | Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient | $6.2k | $6.2k | — | — | — | $6.2k – $6.2k |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare uhc hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $6.6k | $6.6k | — | — | — | $6.6k – $6.6k |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $7.5k | $7.5k | — | — | — | $7.5k – $7.5k |
| 19 | Aetna aetna ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $8.6k | $8.6k | — | — | — | $8.6k – $8.6k |
| 20 | Healthcare Highways healthcare highways facility · case rate · outpatient | $9.6k | $9.6k | — | — | — | $9.6k – $9.6k |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
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