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
Houma, LA
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Southern Regional Medical Corporation’s median price of $237 is 43% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 16% 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 | $85.92 | $85.92 | $83.60 – $88.24 |
| 2 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $121.79 | $121.79 | $121.79 – $121.79 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $121.79 | $121.79 | $121.79 – $121.79 |
| 4 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $125.44 | $125.44 | $125.44 – $125.44 |
| 5 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $125.44 | $125.44 | $125.44 – $125.44 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $180.98 | $180.98 | $180.98 – $180.98 |
| 7 | Aetna 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 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $342.75 | $342.75 | $342.75 – $342.75 |
| 10 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $343.21 | $343.21 | $343.21 – $343.21 |
| 11 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $365.60 | $365.60 | $365.60 – $365.60 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $372.27 | $372.27 | $213.22 – $531.31 |
| 13 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $608.24 | $571.16 | $213.22 – $680.92 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,320 | $1,320 | $1,320 – $1,320 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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