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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INTRO WINDPIPE WIRE/TUBE
Crowley, LA
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Acadia General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $1.3k is 31% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 23% of the 1,506 hospitals reporting CPT 31730. 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, 11 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 case rate · outpatient | $359 | $359 | — | — | — | $359 – $359 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $359 | $359 | — | — | — | $359 – $359 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $730 | $886 | $505 | 57% | — | $359 – $1.6k |
| 4 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $954 | $954 | — | — | — | $954 – $954 |
| 5 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $963 | $963 | $604 | 63% | — | $359 – $1.6k |
| 6 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | $37 | 3% | — | $1.0k – $1.1k |
| 7 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | $450 | 40% | — | $668 – $1.6k |
| 8 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 9 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 10 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 11 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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