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 GASTROSTOMY OPEN NEONATAL FOR FEEDING
Burlington, VT
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University of Vermont Medical Center Inc’s median price of $646 is 46% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 10% 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, 13 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 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both | $395.23 | $395.23 | $395.23 – $395.23 |
| 2 | Excellus managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both | $449.95 | $449.95 | $449.95 – $449.95 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $520.67 | $520.67 | $478.45 – $562.88 |
| 4 | Humana tricare professional · fee schedule · both | $522.06 | $522.06 | $479.73 – $564.39 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $560.09 | $560.09 | $560.09 – $560.09 |
| 6 | Excellus medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $562.88 | $562.88 | $562.88 – $562.88 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both | $1,123 | $1,123 | $1,032 – $1,214 |
| 8 | Excellus commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $1,619 | $1,619 | $1,619 – $1,619 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,862 | $1,862 | $1,862 – $1,862 |
| 10 | Bcbs Vt indemnity professional · fee schedule · both | $2,154 | $2,154 | $2,154 – $2,154 |
| 11 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership professional · fee schedule · both | $2,154 | $2,154 | $2,154 – $2,154 |
| 12 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $2,154 | $2,154 | $2,154 – $2,154 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $2,643 | $2,643 | $2,643 – $2,643 |
Last updated: Oct 12, 2026
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