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
PR EGD DELIVER THERMAL ENERGY SPHNCTR/CARDIA GERD
Cedar Rapids, IA
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St Luke's Methodist Hospital’s median price of $733 is 82% below the median hospital's median price ($4.1k), higher than 14% of the 1,537 hospitals reporting CPT 43257. 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, 22 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 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $207 | $207 | — | — | — | $207 – $207 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $211 | $211 | — | — | — | $211 – $211 |
| 3 | Wellmark medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $211 | $211 | — | — | — | $211 – $211 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $218 | $218 | — | — | — | $218 – $218 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $218 | $218 | — | — | — | $218 – $218 |
| 6 | Wellmark commercial fee schedule · both | $441 | $441 | — | — | — | $441 – $441 |
| 7 | Wellmark hmo fee schedule · both | $441 | $441 | — | — | — | $441 – $441 |
| 8 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $519 | $519 | — | — | — | $519 – $519 |
| 9 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $550 | $550 | — | — | — | $550 – $550 |
| 10 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · both | $555 | $555 | — | — | — | $555 – $555 |
| 11 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $669 | $669 | — | — | — | $669 – $669 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · both | $733 | $733 | — | — | — | $733 – $733 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · both | $733 | $733 | — | — | — | $733 – $733 |
| 14 | Aetna medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 15 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 16 | Wellmark medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 17 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 19 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $7.4k | $7.4k | — | — | — | $7.4k – $7.4k |
| 20 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $7.7k | $7.7k | — | — | — | $7.7k – $7.7k |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $9.5k | $9.5k | — | — | — | $9.5k – $9.5k |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $9.5k | $9.5k | — | — | — | $9.5k – $9.5k |
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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