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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Colorado 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?

$3,351

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $39.81 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$39.81$38.90 to $52.48
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,570 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,586Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $35 to $107
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $40

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
$1,202.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$91.20
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 76.1 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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

Colorado· 7th of 49

$3,351

$39.81 physician + $3,311 facility

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.