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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Delaware 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?

$213

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $213 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.90 to the doctor who performs it, and $174 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$38.90$33.88 to $47.86
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$174$97.72 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,698Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $33 to $69
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $174professional $39

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$63.10
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$81.28

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 41st of 51

$213

$38.90 physician + $174 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.