Introduction of gastrointestinal tube at Willits Hospital Inc

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Dilation of stomach and/or small bowel using long gastrointestinal tube

Willits, CA

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Willits Hospital Inc’s median price of $281 is 73% below the median hospital's median price ($1.0k), higher than 11% of the 2,003 hospitals reporting CPT 44500. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 44500 at Willits Hospital Inc

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 23 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	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcare fee schedule · outpatient	$16	$16	—	—	—	$16 – $16
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield - all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$16	$16	—	—	—	$16 – $16
3	UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient	$16	$16	—	—	—	$16 – $16
4	Cigna cigna - all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$22	$22	—	—	—	$22 – $22
5	Aetna aetna - all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$23	$23	—	—	—	$23 – $23
6	UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$26	$26	—	—	—	$26 – $26
7	UnitedHealthcare uhc jll fee schedule · outpatient	$26	$26	—	—	—	$26 – $26
8	Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient	$37	$37	$18	48%	—	$19 – $55
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$41	$41	—	—	—	$41 – $41
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcs - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$48	$48	—	—	—	$48 – $48
11	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non mcs fee schedule · outpatient	$48	$48	—	—	—	$48 – $48
12	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$281	$281	—	—	—	$281 – $281
13	Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$281	$281	—	—	—	$281 – $281
14	UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$309	$309	—	—	—	$309 – $309
15	Aetna aetna - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$943	$943	—	—	—	$943 – $943
16	UnitedHealthcare uhc jll percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.0k	$1.0k	—	—	—	$1.0k – $1.0k
17	UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.1k	$1.1k	—	—	—	$1.1k – $1.1k
18	First Health first health ppo - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.1k	$1.1k	—	—	—	$1.1k – $1.1k
19	Cigna cigna - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
20	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn case rate · outpatient	$6.0k	$6.0k	—	—	—	$6.0k – $6.0k
21	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - all other plans case rate · outpatient	$6.2k	$6.2k	—	—	—	$6.2k – $6.2k
22	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non mcs case rate · outpatient	$6.3k	$6.3k	—	—	—	$6.3k – $6.3k
23	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcs - all other plans case rate · outpatient	$7.5k	$7.5k	—	—	—	$7.5k – $7.5k

Last updated: May 20, 2026

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