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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 31502

Replaces the breathing tube in a surgically created opening in the neck during the first days after it was placed, before the passage has healed into a stable channel. It is done carefully and with airway equipment on hand, because at this stage the opening can close down or the tube can be pushed into a false passage. Routine tube changes once the passage is well formed are a simpler service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck cost?

$2,677

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,677 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $46.77 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 67 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$46.77$35.48 to $72.44
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$851 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $89 to $8,318Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $32 to $148
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0K$1.0Mfacility $2,630professional $47

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
$114.82
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$89.13

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 76.1 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee
NJ $5,534WV $72.69

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.