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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 July 2026.

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

$2,922

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,922 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.02 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$38.02$31.62 to $51.29
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,318 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $550 to $10,715Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $30 to $162
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $38

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
$549.54
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$89.13
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$39.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$74.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$36.31

Where Florida 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

Florida· 12th of 49

$2,922

$38.02 physician + $2,884 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.