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
Insertion of stomach feeding tube, newborn
Ketchum, ID
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St Luke's Wood River Medical Center, LTD’s median price of $2.2k is 87% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 74% 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, 14 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 | Molina hb wr molina mmcp percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,440 | $1,440 | $1,440 – $1,440 |
| 2 | Regence hb wr medicare advantage percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,440 | $1,440 | $1,440 – $1,440 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hb wr bci true & secure med adv percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,454 | $1,454 | $1,454 – $1,454 |
| 4 | Molina hb wr molina med adv percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,469 | $1,469 | $1,469 – $1,469 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare hb wr aarp med adv percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,512 | $1,512 | $1,512 – $1,512 |
| 6 | Aetna hb wr aetna med adv percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,584 | $1,584 | $1,584 – $1,584 |
| 7 | Bcbs Id hb wr bci ppo fep percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,160 | $2,160 | $2,160 – $2,160 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hb wr bci ppo fep percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,160 | $2,160 | $2,160 – $2,160 |
| 9 | Aetna hb wr aetna trinity health (st al's) percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,273 | $2,273 | $2,273 – $2,273 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare hb wr united healthcare percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,286 | $2,286 | $2,286 – $2,286 |
| 11 | Cigna hb wr cigna percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,349 | $2,349 | $2,349 – $2,349 |
| 12 | Aetna hb wr bp aetna percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,400 | $2,400 | $2,400 – $2,400 |
| 13 | First Health hb wr first choice health percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,400 | $2,400 | $2,400 – $2,400 |
| 14 | First Health hb wr ccn first health percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,450 | $2,450 | $2,450 – $2,450 |
Last updated: Mar 25, 2026
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