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.
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HC INSERT EMERGENCY AIRWAY / INTUBATION
Butler, AL
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Rush Hospital/Butler, Inc.’s median price of $206 is 50% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 8% 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: 11 payers, 23 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 | $116.31 | $116.31 | $105.47 – $127.14 |
| 2 | Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $127.14 | $127.14 | $127.14 – $127.14 |
| 3 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $127.14 | $127.14 | $127.14 – $127.14 |
| 4 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $127.14 | $127.14 | $127.14 – $127.14 |
| 5 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $128.41 | $145.51 | $127.14 – $180.98 |
| 6 | Bcbs Al all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $149.65 | $149.65 | $149.65 – $149.65 |
| 7 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $182.20 | $182.20 | $182.20 – $182.20 |
| 8 | MultiPlan all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $210.00 | $210.00 | $210.00 – $210.00 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $217.00 | $217.00 | $217.00 – $217.00 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $370.89 | $289.64 | $127.14 – $370.89 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $362.73 | $362.73 | $362.73 – $362.73 |
| 12 | Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient | $195.77 | $438.09 | $160.90 – $957.60 |
| 13 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $195.77 | $438.09 | $160.90 – $957.60 |
| 14 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $195.77 | $438.09 | $160.90 – $957.60 |
| 15 | Molina all payor other · outpatient | $197.73 | $442.47 | $162.51 – $967.18 |
| 16 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $195.77 | $509.02 | $160.90 – $1,170 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $195.77 | $509.02 | $160.90 – $1,170 |
| 18 | Humana all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $838.73 | $838.73 | $838.73 – $838.73 |
| 19 | Ambetter all payor other · outpatient | $967.18 | $967.18 | $967.18 – $967.18 |
| 20 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,170 | $1,170 | $1,170 – $1,170 |
| 21 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,383 | $1,383 | $1,383 – $1,383 |
| 22 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,596 | $1,596 | $1,596 – $1,596 |
| 23 | Bcbs Al all payor other · outpatient | $2,797 | $2,797 | $2,797 – $2,797 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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