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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Hawaii 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?

$1,164

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,164 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $41.69 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$41.69$32.36 to $42.66
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$955 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,884Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $6 to $46
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $1,122professional $42

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 7th of 51

$1,164

$41.69 physician + $1,122 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.