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
Mountainside, NJ
See all hospitals reporting CPT 31500 →Price type
Children's Specialized Hospital’s median price of $352 is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 40% 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: 5 payers, 10 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.
Filter by billing methodology
Filter by billing class
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bcbs Nj nj health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $46.10 | $46.10 | $46.10 – $46.10 |
| 2 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $276.60 | $276.60 | $276.60 – $276.60 |
| 3 | Cigna hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $277.66 | $277.66 | $277.66 – $277.66 |
| 4 | Cigna ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $277.66 | $277.66 | $277.66 – $277.66 |
| 5 | Aetna better health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $352.48 | $352.48 | $352.48 – $352.48 |
| 6 | Aetna hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $354.97 | $354.97 | $354.97 – $354.97 |
| 7 | Aetna ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $354.97 | $354.97 | $354.97 – $354.97 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare community plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $363.03 | $363.03 | $363.03 – $363.03 |
| 9 | Bcbs Nj managed percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $451.78 | $451.78 | $451.78 – $451.78 |
| 10 | Bcbs Nj non-managed percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $451.78 | $451.78 | $451.78 – $451.78 |
Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
See Emergency airway insertion pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.