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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 July 2026.

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

$3,270

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,270 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $33.88 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$33.88$33.88 to $44.67
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,175 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $501 to $7,244Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $34 to $89
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $34

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$79.43

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 8th of 49

$3,270

$33.88 physician + $3,236 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.