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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Arizona 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?

$641

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $641 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.02 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$38.02$33.88 to $52.48
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$251 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $138 to $2,512Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $30 to $575
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $38

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
6 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
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 13th of 51

$641

$38.02 physician + $603 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.