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
Lafayette, LA
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University Hospital & Clinics, Inc.’s median price of $211 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: 10 payers, 18 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 fee schedule · outpatient | $74.65 | $74.65 | $74.65 – $74.65 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $74.65 | $74.65 | $74.65 – $74.65 |
| 3 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $74.65 | $74.65 | $74.65 – $74.65 |
| 4 | Tricare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $135.62 | $135.62 | $135.62 – $135.62 |
| 5 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $146.11 | $146.11 | $146.11 – $146.11 |
| 6 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $146.11 | $146.11 | $146.11 – $146.11 |
| 7 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $146.11 | $146.11 | $146.11 – $146.11 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $146.11 | $146.11 | $146.11 – $146.11 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $172.35 | $161.09 | $74.65 – $225.00 |
| 10 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $172.35 | $172.35 | $133.63 – $211.07 |
| 11 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $177.63 | $177.63 | $133.63 – $221.62 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $211.07 | $186.35 | $133.63 – $214.36 |
| 13 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $211.07 | $211.07 | $211.07 – $211.07 |
| 14 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $289.42 | $289.42 | $289.42 – $289.42 |
| 15 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $434.81 | $434.81 | $434.81 – $434.81 |
| 16 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $715.32 | $614.29 | $133.63 – $770.23 |
| 17 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $992.00 | $992.00 | $992.00 – $992.00 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,004 | $1,004 | $1,004 – $1,004 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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