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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Arkansas 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?

$677

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $677 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $45.71 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$45.71$32.36 to $52.48
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$214 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $50 to $1,820Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $32 to $63
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $631professional $46

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
$46.77
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$95.50

Where Arkansas sits

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 feeArkansas $677 · 35th of 49
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.