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
ST, LA
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Kaplan General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $478 is 15% above the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 56% 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, 12 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 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $194.00 | $194.00 | $194.00 – $194.00 |
| 2 | Bcbs La all payor other · outpatient | $373.50 | $373.50 | $373.50 – $373.50 |
| 3 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $373.50 | $373.50 | $373.50 – $373.50 |
| 4 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $373.50 | $373.50 | $373.50 – $373.50 |
| 5 | Tricare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $434.99 | $434.99 | $434.99 – $434.99 |
| 6 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $447.37 | $447.37 | $373.50 – $521.24 |
| 7 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $509.42 | $509.42 | $373.50 – $645.33 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $509.42 | $509.42 | $373.50 – $645.33 |
| 9 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $581.00 | $581.00 | $581.00 – $581.00 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $627.65 | $627.65 | $601.41 – $653.88 |
| 11 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $645.33 | $645.33 | $645.33 – $645.33 |
| 12 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $645.33 | $645.33 | $645.33 – $645.33 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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