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
DeKalb, MS
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Kemper CAH, Inc.’s median price of $1.3k is 208% above the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 87% 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: 11 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 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $217.00 | $217.00 | $217.00 – $217.00 |
| 3 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $377.05 | $377.05 | $377.05 – $377.05 |
| 4 | Humana all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $863.84 | $863.84 | $863.84 – $863.84 |
| 5 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $1,085 | $1,085 | $1,085 – $1,085 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $1,085 | $1,085 | $1,085 – $1,085 |
| 7 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,215 | $1,215 | $1,215 – $1,215 |
| 8 | Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient | $1,277 | $1,277 | $1,277 – $1,277 |
| 9 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $1,277 | $1,277 | $1,277 – $1,277 |
| 10 | Ambetter all payor other · outpatient | $1,290 | $1,290 | $1,290 – $1,290 |
| 11 | Molina all payor other · outpatient | $1,290 | $1,290 | $1,290 – $1,290 |
| 12 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $1,290 | $1,290 | $1,290 – $1,290 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,383 | $1,383 | $1,383 – $1,383 |
| 14 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,596 | $1,596 | $1,596 – $1,596 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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