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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Connecticut 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?

$4,633

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,633 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $61.66 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$61.66$38.02 to $85.11
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$3,311 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $912 to $8,511Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $36 to $110
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,571professional $62

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
$588.84
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$89.13
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$91.20

Where Connecticut 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 feeConnecticut $4,633 · 2nd 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.