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
Kenner, LA
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Ochsner Medical Center � Kenner Llc’s median price of $310 is 25% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 35% 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: 13 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 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $83.50 | $83.50 | $83.50 – $83.50 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $83.50 | $83.50 | $83.50 – $83.50 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $86.00 | $86.00 | $86.00 – $86.00 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $86.00 | $86.00 | $86.00 – $86.00 |
| 5 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $180.98 | $180.98 | $180.98 – $180.98 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $213.22 | $213.22 | $213.22 – $213.22 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $213.22 | $213.22 | $213.22 – $213.22 |
| 8 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $213.22 | $213.22 | $213.22 – $213.22 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $219.61 | $219.61 | $219.61 – $219.61 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $321.06 | $321.06 | $321.06 – $321.06 |
| 11 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $372.75 | $372.75 | $372.75 – $372.75 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $622.92 | $597.81 | $213.22 – $726.34 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,499 | $1,499 | $1,437 – $1,560 |
| 14 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,765 | $1,765 | $1,765 – $1,765 |
| 15 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,091 | $3,091 | $3,091 – $3,091 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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