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
Lafayette, LA
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Lafayette General Medical Center Inc’s median price of $211 is 49% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 9% 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, 15 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $195.73 | $195.73 | $195.73 – $195.73 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $195.73 | $195.73 | $195.73 – $195.73 |
| 3 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $195.73 | $195.73 | $195.73 – $195.73 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $195.73 | $195.73 | $195.73 – $195.73 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.29 | $211.29 | $211.29 – $211.29 |
| 6 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.29 | $211.29 | $211.29 – $211.29 |
| 7 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.29 | $211.29 | $211.29 – $211.29 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.29 | $211.29 | $211.29 – $211.29 |
| 9 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $211.29 | $211.29 | $211.29 – $211.29 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.29 | $211.29 | $211.29 – $211.29 |
| 11 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $221.86 | $221.86 | $221.86 – $221.86 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $790.12 | $704.91 | $211.29 – $866.52 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $952.18 | $952.18 | $952.18 – $952.18 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,154 | $1,154 | $1,154 – $1,154 |
| 15 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,634 | $1,634 | $1,634 – $1,634 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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