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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 October 2026.

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

$260

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $260 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $45.71 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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$34.67 to $52.48
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$126 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $100 to $692Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $32 to $68
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $214professional $46

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$97.72
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 37th of 51

$260

$45.71 physician + $214 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.