Emergent Insertion of Breathing Tube Into Windpipe Using an Endoscope Cost in Missouri
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 92 Missouri hospitals. CPT 31500. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $330
📉 Low $76.88
📈 High $12,796
🏥 92 hospitals
🏛️ 64 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $131
Hospital comparison — Missouri
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 92 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | Cigna | BCBS | Humana | Centene | MultiPlan | Medicaid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLETT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTH OHIO AVENUE APPLETON CITY |
$76.88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| COX MEDICAL CENTER BRANSON BRANSON |
$95.51 | $253 | $85.00 | $3,468 | $100 | $253 | — | $87.00 | — |
| FREEMAN HOSPITAL EAST JOPLIN |
$100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FREEMAN HOSPITAL WEST JOPLIN |
$100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| COX MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH SPRINGFIELD |
$106 | $22.00 | $49.50 | $3,468 | — | $236 | — | $75.00 | — |
| COX MONETT HOSPITAL MONETT |
$128 | $22.00 | $80.50 | $3,078 | — | $22.00 | $23.00 | $75.00 | — |
| COX BARTON COUNTY HOSPITAL LAMAR |
$134 | $32.00 | $62.80 | $3,468 | — | $27.00 | $28.35 | $80.00 | — |
| MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER ALBANY ALBANY |
$138 | $133 | $133 | $122 | $115 | $380 | $199 | $138 | — |
| HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BETHANY |
$155 | $153 | $186 | $133 | $142 | $153 | $153 | $127 | — |
| IRON COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PILOT KNOB |
$158 | $120 | $59.50 | $86.80 | $59.50 | $59.50 | $54.25 | — | — |
| GOLDEN VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CLINTON |
$180 | $88.00 | $80.00 | $79.00 | $70.00 | $72.50 | $303 | $85.00 | — |
| MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER - ST. JOSEPH ST. JOSEPH |
$182 | $104 | $104 | $188 | $114 | — | $253 | $376 | — |
| MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER MARYVILLE MARYVILLE |
$182 | $133 | $133 | $150 | $107 | — | $133 | $196 | — |
| CAMERON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMERON |
$195 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BOONE HOSPITAL CENTER COLUMBIA |
$213 | $237 | $245 | — | $242 | $241 | $249 | — | — |
| COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FAIRFAX FAIRFAX |
$214 | $150 | — | — | $139 | — | — | — | — |
| BOTHWELL REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER SEDALIA |
$218 | $253 | $80.00 | $49.00 | $202 | $253 | $253 | $253 | — |
| CITIZENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BOLIVAR |
$219 | $83.00 | $75.00 | $80.00 | — | $85.00 | $260 | — | — |
| MERCY PRIMARY CARE - NEW MADRID NEW MADRID |
$223 | $106 | $177 | — | — | — | — | — | $106 |
| MERCY PRIMARY CARE - BLOOMFIELD NORTH BLOOMFIELD |
$223 | $106 | $177 | — | — | — | — | — | $106 |
| MERCY WALMART CLINIC DEXTER |
$223 | $106 | $177 | — | — | — | — | — | $106 |
| MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER SIKESTON |
$223 | $106 | $177 | — | — | — | — | — | $106 |
| MERCY PRIMARY CARE - MALDEN MALDEN |
$223 | $106 | $177 | — | — | — | — | — | $106 |
| MERCY PRIMARY CARE - POPLAR BLUFF POPLAR BLUFF |
$223 | $106 | $177 | — | — | — | — | — | $106 |
| MERCY PRIMARY CARE - STODDARD DEXTER |
$223 | $106 | $177 | — | — | — | — | — | $106 |
| MERCY PRIMARY CARE - BERNIE BERNIE |
$223 | $106 | $177 | — | — | — | — | — | $106 |
| CASS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HARRISONVILLE |
$234 | $83.83 | $202 | $43.42 | $100 | $161 | $137 | $281 | — |
| CEDAR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EL DORADO SPRINGS |
$236 | $54.00 | $54.00 | $90.00 | — | $54.00 | $54.00 | $65.00 | — |
| ST. MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER BLUE SPRINGS |
$236 | $236 | $236 | $236 | $378 | — | — | — | $198 |
| ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER KANSAS CITY |
$236 | $230 | $236 | $236 | $378 | — | — | — | $198 |
| MERCY HOSPITAL STODDARD DEXTER |
$253 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL POTOSI |
$262 | $192 | — | $286 | — | $314 | $143 | — | — |
| UNIVERSITY HEALTH TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER HOLMES KANSAS CITY |
$278 | $100 | $100 | $606 | $87.80 | $100 | $114 | $73.00 | — |
| UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER LEES SUMMIT ROAD KANSAS CITY |
$278 | $100 | $100 | $606 | $87.80 | $135 | $114 | $73.00 | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL SOUTHEAST CAPE GIRARDEAU |
$285 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BARNES-JEWISH ST. PETERS HOSPITAL ST. PETERS |
$297 | $223 | — | $3,756 | $315 | $6,690 | — | $396 | — |
| CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL ST. LOUIS |
$297 | $223 | $13,950 | $3,756 | $272 | $6,690 | — | $396 | — |
| PROGRESS WEST HOSPITAL O'FALLON |
$297 | $223 | — | $3,756 | $315 | $6,690 | — | $396 | — |
| BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL ST LOUIS |
$297 | $223 | — | $3,756 | $272 | $6,690 | — | $396 | — |
| MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER ST. LOUIS |
$297 | $75.56 | $82.30 | $68.17 | $68.47 | $6,690 | $164 | $396 | — |
| SALEM MEMORIAL DISTRICT HOSPITAL SALEM |
$315 | $104 | $143 | $297 | $143 | $143 | $143 | $336 | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL LEBANON LEBANON |
$316 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HEDRICK MEDICAL CENTER CHILLICOTHE |
$326 | $478 | $462 | $407 | $462 | $509 | — | — | $292 |
| WRIGHT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TRENTON |
$326 | $500 | $448 | $434 | $462 | $456 | — | — | $303 |
| CARROLL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CARROLLTON |
$329 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LIBERTY HOSPITAL LIBERTY |
$330 | $218 | $237 | $3,050 | $145 | $242 | $301 | — | — |
| NEVADA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER NEVADA |
$365 | $27.00 | $35.00 | — | $52.00 | $28.00 | — | — | $32.00 |
| MISSOURI BAPTIST HOSPITAL SULLIVAN BOONVILLE |
$369 | $138 | $135 | $383 | $143 | $137 | — | $492 | — |
| PIKE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GEORGIA STREET LOUSIANA |
$384 | $480 | $480 | $480 | $480 | — | $480 | — | — |
| ARCHVIEW ER & HOSPITAL N JEFFERSON AVE SAINT LOUIS |
$389 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST. LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ST LOUIS |
$392 | — | — | $322 | $360 | $487 | — | $523 | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL LINCOLN TROY |
$399 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PUTNAM COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL UNIONVILLE |
$412 | $41.00 | $41.00 | $75.00 | $262 | $41.00 | $130 | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL PERRY PERRYVILLE |
$414 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ST. LOUIS PHONE: |
$420 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL AURORA AURORA |
$426 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL CASSVILLE CASSVILLE |
$426 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BATES COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BUTLER |
$429 | $93.32 | $130 | $130 | $130 | $130 | $130 | — | — |
| MERCY HOSPITAL CARTHAGE CARTHAGE |
$432 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SAINT LUKE'S NORTH HOSPITAL - SMITHVILLE SMITHVILLE |
$443 | $92.25 | $404 | $238 | $332 | $236 | — | — | $162 |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 31500, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $428 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
Billed more than $330 for this?
That is the median of what the 92 Missouri hospitals above publish for Emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 31500 in Missouri, Medicare reimburses about $131 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Missouri range from $76.88 to $12,796 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 2.5x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope cost in Missouri?
- Cash prices for emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope (CPT 31500) in Missouri range from $76.88 to $12,796, with a median of $330. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest emergent insertion of breathing tube into windpipe using an endoscope in Missouri?
- The cheapest Missouri hospital published cash price for this procedure is $76.88. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Missouri facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 31500 (Heart & Vascular). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.