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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 October 2026.

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

$2,342

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,342 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $51.29 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$51.29$42.66 to $67.61
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$741 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $234 to $5,370Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $39 to $83
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $51

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$64.57
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$213.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
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
$19.50
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.27

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$2,342

$51.29 physician + $2,291 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.