Esophageal dilation using a bougie or sound at Rush Medical Foundation

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC DILATION, ESOPHAGUS, UNGUIDED SOUND/BOUGIE, ONE/MULTI PASS

Meridian, MS

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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $607 is 43% below the median hospital's median price ($1.1k), higher than 19% of the 2,046 hospitals reporting CPT 43450. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 43450 at Rush Medical Foundation

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 16 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	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$140	$140	—	—	—	$140 – $140
2	MultiPlan all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$168	$168	—	—	—	$168 – $168
3	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$224	$224	—	—	—	$224 – $224
4	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$71	$329	$374	114%	—	$58 – $858
5	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$202	$333	$307	92%	—	$71 – $858
6	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$372	$418	$357	85%	—	$64 – $866
7	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$469	$459	$292	64%	—	$141 – $755
8	Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$464	$464	$393	85%	—	$71 – $858
9	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$464	$464	$393	85%	—	$71 – $858
10	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$464	$464	$393	85%	—	$71 – $858
11	Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$650	$650	$550	85%	—	$100 – $1.2k
12	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$725	$725	—	—	—	$725 – $725
13	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$789	$789	—	—	—	$789 – $789
14	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$836	$836	—	—	—	$836 – $836
15	Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient	$919	$919	—	—	—	$919 – $919
16	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$1.7k	$1.7k	—	—	—	$1.7k – $1.7k

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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