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
43831 PLACE GASTROSTOMY TUBE Tech
Lancaster, PA
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Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center’s median price of $912 is 23% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 22% 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, 15 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 | Amerihealth Caritas [ma] fee schedule · both | $756.49 | $756.49 | $756.49 – $756.49 |
| 2 | Highmark [ma] fee schedule · both | $756.49 | $756.49 | $756.49 – $756.49 |
| 3 | Highmark [medicare] fee schedule · both | $885.54 | $885.54 | $881.09 – $889.99 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas [medicare] fee schedule · both | $889.99 | $889.99 | $889.99 – $889.99 |
| 5 | Highmark [chip] fee schedule · both | $889.99 | $889.99 | $889.99 – $889.99 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare [medicare] fee schedule · both | $889.99 | $889.99 | $889.99 – $889.99 |
| 7 | Aetna [medicare] fee schedule · both | $898.89 | $898.89 | $898.89 – $898.89 |
| 8 | Humana [medicare] fee schedule · both | $898.89 | $898.89 | $898.89 – $898.89 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare [chip] percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,297 | $2,297 | $2,297 – $2,297 |
| 10 | Highmark [comm] fee schedule · both | $3,267 | $3,423 | $3,112 – $3,890 |
| 11 | Aetna [comm] percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3,635 | $3,635 | $3,608 – $3,662 |
| 12 | Cigna [comm] percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3,739 | $3,739 | $3,739 – $3,739 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare [comm] percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3,815 | $3,815 | $3,815 – $3,815 |
| 14 | First Health [comm] percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $4,875 | $4,875 | $4,875 – $4,875 |
| 15 | MultiPlan [comm] percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $4,875 | $4,875 | $4,875 – $4,875 |
Last updated: Mar 27, 2026
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