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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Florida 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?

$230

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $230 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $34.67 to the doctor who performs it, and $195 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$34.67$28.84 to $44.67
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$195$102 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $69 to $3,548Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $25 to $66
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $195professional $35

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
$407.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$54.95
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$3,019.95
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$85.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
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
$14.79
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.07

Where Florida 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

Florida· 39th of 51

$230

$34.67 physician + $195 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.