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Emergency Breathing Tube Insertion

Washington 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 does Emergency Breathing Tube Insertion cost?

$676

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $282 to $1,148.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $186 to $6,457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $676

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
$194.98
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$676.08
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$190.55
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 49.0 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Washington· 34th of 51

$676

CA $3,981MD $81.28

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.