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
Orleans, LA
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation’s median price of $694 is 68% above the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 74% 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: 12 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 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $148.41 | $148.41 | $83.60 – $213.22 |
| 2 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $153.67 | $153.67 | $153.67 – $153.67 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $153.67 | $153.67 | $153.67 – $153.67 |
| 4 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $158.28 | $158.28 | $158.28 – $158.28 |
| 5 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $158.28 | $158.28 | $158.28 – $158.28 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $180.98 | $180.98 | $180.98 – $180.98 |
| 7 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $213.22 | $213.22 | $213.22 – $213.22 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $213.22 | $213.22 | $213.22 – $213.22 |
| 9 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $550.71 | $550.71 | $521.72 – $579.69 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $730.74 | $693.16 | $213.22 – $833.19 |
| 11 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $762.75 | $762.75 | $762.75 – $762.75 |
| 12 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $813.60 | $813.60 | $813.60 – $813.60 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,911 | $1,911 | $1,817 – $2,005 |
| 14 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,196 | $3,196 | $3,196 – $3,196 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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