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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Georgia 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?

$542

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $542 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $52.48 to the doctor who performs it, and $490 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$52.48$43.65 to $61.66
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$490$170 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $120 to $3,548Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $35 to $105
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $52

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
$38.02
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$112.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$93.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$100.00
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
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.37

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 20th of 51

$542

$52.48 physician + $490 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.