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
Gastrostomy, open; neonatal, for feeding
HOUSTON, TX
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The Womans Hospital Of Texas’s median price of $2.4k is 105% above the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 78% 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: 7 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 | Superior Healthplan chip case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 2 | Superior Healthplan chpfc case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan star case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 4 | Superior Healthplan starkids case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 5 | Superior Healthplan starplus case rate · outpatient | $948.00 | $948.00 | $948.00 – $948.00 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth fee schedule · outpatient | $1,085 | $1,085 | $1,085 – $1,085 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bav fee schedule · outpatient | $1,195 | $1,195 | $1,195 – $1,195 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield eposoa fee schedule · outpatient | $1,257 | $1,257 | $1,257 – $1,257 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,257 | $1,257 | $1,257 – $1,257 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,257 | $1,257 | $1,257 – $1,257 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient | $2,276 | $2,276 | $2,276 – $2,276 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient | $2,283 | $2,283 | $2,283 – $2,283 |
| 13 | Healthcare Highways narrownetwork case rate · outpatient | $2,434 | $2,434 | $2,434 – $2,434 |
| 14 | Oscar hix case rate · outpatient | $2,979 | $2,979 | $2,979 – $2,979 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient | $3,262 | $3,262 | $3,262 – $3,262 |
| 16 | Humana hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,690 | $4,690 | $4,690 – $4,690 |
| 17 | Humana ppo case rate · outpatient | $4,690 | $4,690 | $4,690 – $4,690 |
| 18 | Cigna csn case rate · outpatient | $8,894 | $8,894 | $8,894 – $8,894 |
| 19 | Cigna openaccessplus case rate · outpatient | $9,636 | $9,636 | $9,636 – $9,636 |
| 20 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $11,457 | $11,457 | $11,457 – $11,457 |
Last updated: May 14, 2026
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