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 PLACE GASTROSTOMY TUBE,NEONATE
Chicago, IL
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University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics’s median price of $483 is 59% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 4% 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: 10 payers, 25 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 mmai dual eligibility professional · fee schedule · both | $271.32 | $271.32 | $271.32 – $271.32 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare hmo, ppo, & nap professional · fee schedule · both | $339.15 | $339.15 | $339.15 – $339.15 |
| 3 | Medicare part a and b & medicare railroad professional · fee schedule · both | $339.15 | $339.15 | $339.15 – $339.15 |
| 4 | Optum all products professional · fee schedule · both | $339.15 | $339.15 | $339.15 – $339.15 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare hmo & ppo professional · fee schedule · both | $339.15 | $339.15 | $339.15 – $339.15 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare hmo professional · fee schedule · both | $356.11 | $356.11 | $356.11 – $356.11 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $426.24 | $426.24 | $426.24 – $426.24 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $426.24 | $426.24 | $426.24 – $426.24 |
| 9 | Molina medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $426.24 | $426.24 | $426.24 – $426.24 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare core epo & navigate epo professional · fee schedule · both | $440.57 | $440.57 | $440.57 – $440.57 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield access community health network professional · fee schedule · both | $443.30 | $443.30 | $443.30 – $443.30 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare choice epo professional · fee schedule · both | $511.06 | $511.06 | $511.06 – $511.06 |
| 13 | MultiPlan ppo professional · fee schedule · both | $712.22 | $712.22 | $712.22 – $712.22 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue choice city of chicago professional · fee schedule · both | $740.03 | $740.03 | $740.03 – $740.03 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue choice opt ppo professional · fee schedule · both | $740.03 | $740.03 | $740.03 – $740.03 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield unite here health professional · fee schedule · both | $740.03 | $740.03 | $740.03 – $740.03 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield advocate health systems ipa professional · fee schedule · both | $861.44 | $861.44 | $861.44 – $861.44 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo professional · fee schedule · both | $886.60 | $886.60 | $886.60 – $886.60 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage hmo professional · fee schedule · both | $1,017 | $1,017 | $1,017 – $1,017 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare hmo, pos & open access professional · fee schedule · both | $1,040 | $1,040 | $1,040 – $1,040 |
| 21 | Cigna all products professional · fee schedule · both | $1,086 | $1,086 | $1,086 – $1,086 |
| 22 | Aetna choice pos & health network option professional · fee schedule · both | $1,103 | $1,103 | $1,103 – $1,103 |
| 23 | Aetna st of il qchp, aexcel, coventry ppo & first health network solutions professional · fee schedule · both | $1,103 | $1,103 | $1,103 – $1,103 |
| 24 | Aetna workers comp professional · fee schedule · both | $1,103 | $1,103 | $1,103 – $1,103 |
| 25 | MultiPlan workers comp professional · fee schedule · both | $2,128 | $2,128 | $2,128 – $2,128 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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