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
HC INSERT EMERGENCY AIRWAY / INTUBATION
Crowley, LA
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Acadia General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $211 is 49% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 9% of the 2,458 hospitals reporting CPT 31500. 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, 14 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $111.84 | $111.84 | $111.84 – $111.84 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $111.84 | $111.84 | $111.84 – $111.84 |
| 3 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $111.84 | $111.84 | $111.84 – $111.84 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $111.84 | $111.84 | $111.84 – $111.84 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.07 | $211.07 | $211.07 – $211.07 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.07 | $211.07 | $211.07 – $211.07 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.07 | $211.07 | $211.07 – $211.07 |
| 8 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $211.07 | $211.07 | $211.07 – $211.07 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.07 | $211.07 | $211.07 – $211.07 |
| 10 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $221.62 | $221.62 | $221.62 – $221.62 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $498.00 | $498.00 | $498.00 – $498.00 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $634.24 | $534.13 | $211.07 – $656.96 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $954.00 | $954.00 | $954.00 – $954.00 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,708 | $1,708 | $1,708 – $1,708 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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