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Emergency Breathing Tube Insertion

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 31500

Places a tube through the mouth into the windpipe in an emergency, so that air or oxygen can be delivered straight to the lungs. It is done when a person stops breathing adequately, cannot protect their airway, or needs a ventilator urgently, and it secures the airway within seconds to minutes. The ventilator care that follows is charged separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $490 to $6,607
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61