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
Slidell, LA
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St Tammany Hosptial Service District No 2’s median price of $212 is 49% below the median hospital's median price ($414), higher than 9% 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, 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $83.52 | $83.52 | $83.52 – $83.52 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $83.52 | $83.52 | $83.52 – $83.52 |
| 3 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $83.52 | $83.52 | $83.52 – $83.52 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $83.52 | $83.52 | $83.52 – $83.52 |
| 5 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $180.98 | $180.98 | $180.98 – $180.98 |
| 6 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $212.49 | $212.49 | $212.49 – $212.49 |
| 7 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $212.49 | $212.49 | $212.49 – $212.49 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $212.49 | $212.49 | $212.49 – $212.49 |
| 9 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $212.49 | $212.49 | $212.49 – $212.49 |
| 10 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $273.60 | $273.60 | $273.60 – $273.60 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $410.40 | $410.40 | $410.40 – $410.40 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $470.01 | $457.82 | $212.49 – $575.65 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $580.92 | $580.92 | $556.58 – $605.25 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,011 | $1,011 | $1,011 – $1,011 |
| 15 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,935 | $1,935 | $1,935 – $1,935 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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