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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 July 2026.

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

$2,744

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,744 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $52.48 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$38.90 to $72.44
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,288 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $724 to $7,079Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $35 to $132
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $52

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
$162.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$162.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$107.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$85.11

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 14th of 49

$2,744

$52.48 physician + $2,692 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.