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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Iowa 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?

$2,351

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,351 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $60.26 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$60.26$41.69 to $100
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$603 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $76 to $6,761Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $34 to $195
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $60

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
$602.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$109.65
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 49

$2,351

$60.26 physician + $2,291 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.