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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Alaska 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 October 2026.

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

$465

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $465 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $324 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$141$61.66 to $141
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$324$269 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $186 to $5,888Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $40 to $191
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $324professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$125.89
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$218.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$239.88

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 24.8 times more in New York than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 24th of 51

$465

$141 physician + $324 facility

NY $2,664MT $107

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.