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
Baton Rouge, LA
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East Baton Rouge Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $580 is 40% above the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 66% 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: 12 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 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $180.98 | $180.98 | $180.98 – $180.98 |
| 2 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $189.73 | $189.73 | $189.73 – $189.73 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $189.73 | $189.73 | $189.73 – $189.73 |
| 4 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $195.42 | $195.42 | $195.42 – $195.42 |
| 5 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $195.42 | $195.42 | $195.42 – $195.42 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $213.52 | $213.52 | $213.52 – $213.52 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $213.52 | $213.52 | $213.52 – $213.52 |
| 8 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $213.52 | $213.52 | $213.52 – $213.52 |
| 9 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $580.20 | $580.20 | $580.20 – $580.20 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $709.11 | $664.05 | $213.52 – $791.52 |
| 11 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $773.60 | $773.60 | $773.60 – $773.60 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,422 | $1,422 | $1,338 – $1,506 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,964 | $1,964 | $1,964 – $1,964 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,235 | $3,235 | $3,235 – $3,235 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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