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
Jennings, LA
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Ochsner American Legion Hospital, LLC’s median price of $406 is 2% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 49% 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, 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 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.07 | $211.07 | $211.07 – $211.07 |
| 2 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.07 | $211.07 | $211.07 – $211.07 |
| 3 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $211.07 | $211.07 | $211.07 – $211.07 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.07 | $211.07 | $211.07 – $211.07 |
| 5 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.07 | $211.07 | $211.07 – $211.07 |
| 6 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $326.15 | $326.15 | $211.07 – $441.22 |
| 7 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $431.51 | $387.42 | $211.07 – $431.51 |
| 8 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $405.88 | $405.88 | $405.88 – $405.88 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $405.88 | $405.88 | $405.88 – $405.88 |
| 10 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $405.88 | $405.88 | $405.88 – $405.88 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $405.88 | $405.88 | $405.88 – $405.88 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $442.00 | $442.00 | $442.00 – $442.00 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $515.40 | $515.40 | $515.40 – $515.40 |
| 14 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,300 | $1,300 | $1,300 – $1,300 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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