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
WEXFORD, PA
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West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc’s median price of $696 is 42% below the median hospital's median price ($1.2k), higher than 11% 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, 51 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 united healthcare medicaid fee schedule · inpatient | $207.73 | $207.73 | $57.30 – $358.15 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $358.15 | $552.35 | $57.30 – $1,242 |
| 3 | Highmark highmark together blue fee schedule · outpatient | $586.39 | $586.39 | $515.28 – $657.49 |
| 4 | Highmark highmark together blue fee schedule · inpatient | $657.49 | $657.49 | $657.49 – $657.49 |
| 5 | Highmark highmark blue high performance fee schedule · inpatient | $695.51 | $695.51 | $695.51 – $695.51 |
| 6 | Highmark highmark community blue fee schedule · inpatient | $695.51 | $695.51 | $695.51 – $695.51 |
| 7 | Highmark highmark connect blue fee schedule · inpatient | $695.51 | $695.51 | $695.51 – $695.51 |
| 8 | Highmark highmark indemnity fee schedule · inpatient | $695.51 | $695.51 | $695.51 – $695.51 |
| 9 | Highmark highmark managed care fee schedule · inpatient | $695.51 | $695.51 | $695.51 – $695.51 |
| 10 | Highmark highmark my blue access fee schedule · inpatient | $695.51 | $695.51 | $695.51 – $695.51 |
| 11 | Highmark highmark my direct blue fee schedule · inpatient | $695.51 | $695.51 | $695.51 – $695.51 |
| 12 | Highmark highmark performance blue fee schedule · inpatient | $695.51 | $695.51 | $695.51 – $695.51 |
| 13 | Highmark highmark social mission indemnity fee schedule · inpatient | $695.51 | $695.51 | $695.51 – $695.51 |
| 14 | Highmark highmark social mission managed care fee schedule · inpatient | $695.51 | $695.51 | $695.51 – $695.51 |
| 15 | Highmark highmark my direct blue fee schedule · outpatient | $796.84 | $796.84 | $695.51 – $898.16 |
| 16 | Highmark highmark community blue medicare ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $829.80 | $829.80 | $829.80 – $829.80 |
| 17 | Highmark highmark complete blue medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $829.80 | $829.80 | $829.80 – $829.80 |
| 18 | Highmark highmark freedom blue fee schedule · outpatient | $838.81 | $838.81 | $838.81 – $838.81 |
| 19 | Highmark highmark social mission indemnity fee schedule · outpatient | $868.68 | $868.68 | $695.51 – $1,042 |
| 20 | Highmark highmark social mission managed care fee schedule · outpatient | $868.68 | $868.68 | $695.51 – $1,042 |
| 21 | Aetna aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $938.03 | $938.03 | $938.03 – $938.03 |
| 22 | Highmark highmark community blue medicare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $938.03 | $938.03 | $938.03 – $938.03 |
| 23 | Highmark highmark security blue fee schedule · outpatient | $938.03 | $938.03 | $938.03 – $938.03 |
| 24 | Highmark highmark together blue medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $938.03 | $938.03 | $938.03 – $938.03 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $938.03 | $938.03 | $938.03 – $938.03 |
Last updated: Apr 14, 2026
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