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
Endotracheal Intubation; Emergency
Philadelphia, PA
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The’s median price of $259 is 37% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 23% 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: 9 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 plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $149.26 | $149.26 | $149.26 – $149.26 |
| 2 | Bcbs Nj all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $200.19 | $200.19 | $200.19 – $200.19 |
| 3 | Highmark all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $219.19 | $219.19 | $154.82 – $283.56 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $227.18 | $227.18 | $227.18 – $227.18 |
| 5 | Aetna all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $283.56 | $283.56 | $283.56 – $283.56 |
| 6 | Cigna hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $283.56 | $283.56 | $283.56 – $283.56 |
| 7 | Cigna ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $283.56 | $283.56 | $283.56 – $283.56 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $311.91 | $311.91 | $311.91 – $311.91 |
| 9 | First Health ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $368.62 | $368.62 | $368.62 – $368.62 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $453.69 | $453.69 | $453.69 – $453.69 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all plan types case rate · outpatient | $700.00 | $700.00 | $700.00 – $700.00 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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