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
Shreveport, LA
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Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $214 is 48% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 10% 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $187.98 | $187.98 | $187.98 – $187.98 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $187.98 | $187.98 | $187.98 – $187.98 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $187.98 | $187.98 | $187.98 – $187.98 |
| 4 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $197.27 | $197.27 | $187.98 – $206.56 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $214.05 | $214.05 | $214.05 – $214.05 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $214.05 | $214.05 | $214.05 – $214.05 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $214.05 | $214.05 | $214.05 – $214.05 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $214.05 | $214.05 | $214.05 – $214.05 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $663.72 | $593.60 | $214.05 – $762.81 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $652.40 | $652.40 | $652.40 – $652.40 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $988.00 | $988.00 | $988.00 – $988.00 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,029 | $1,029 | $910.00 – $1,147 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,273 | $1,273 | $1,273 – $1,273 |
| 14 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,273 | $1,273 | $1,273 – $1,273 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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