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
Houma, LA
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Hospital Service District #1, Parish of Terrebonne, State of Louisiana dba Terrebonne General Health System’s median price of $330 is 20% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 38% 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, 22 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 | Medicaid medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $88.11 | $88.11 | $88.11 – $88.11 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc community health/medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $88.11 | $88.11 | $88.11 – $88.11 |
| 3 | Aetna aetna/medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $90.76 | $90.76 | $90.76 – $90.76 |
| 4 | Humana louisiana managed medicaid-humana facility · other · outpatient | $92.49 | $92.49 | $92.49 – $92.49 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare blue cross advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $211.04 | $211.04 | $211.04 – $211.04 |
| 6 | Humana humana medicare pffs/hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $211.04 | $211.04 | $211.04 – $211.04 |
| 7 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $211.04 | $211.04 | $211.04 – $211.04 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $211.04 | $211.04 | $211.04 – $211.04 |
| 9 | Tricare champus/tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $214.47 | $214.47 | $214.47 – $214.47 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare va ccn optum - uhc facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $214.47 | $214.47 | $214.47 – $214.47 |
| 11 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · other · outpatient | $319.96 | $319.96 | $319.96 – $319.96 |
| 12 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $319.96 | $319.96 | $319.96 – $319.96 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $330.30 | $330.30 | $330.30 – $330.30 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross of la blue connect facility · other · outpatient | $371.34 | $371.34 | $371.34 – $371.34 |
| 15 | Bcbs La bc hmo facility · other · outpatient | $394.33 | $394.33 | $394.33 – $394.33 |
| 16 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $403.65 | $403.65 | $403.65 – $403.65 |
| 17 | Bcbs La bc ppo facility · other · outpatient | $506.98 | $506.98 | $506.98 – $506.98 |
| 18 | Humana humana facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $645.10 | $645.10 | $645.10 – $645.10 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare uhc select facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,140 | $1,140 | $1,140 – $1,140 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare heritage facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,140 | $1,140 | $1,140 – $1,140 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare navigate facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,140 | $1,140 | $1,140 – $1,140 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,226 | $1,226 | $1,226 – $1,226 |
Last updated: Feb 27, 2026
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