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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Idaho 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?

$423

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $423 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $51.29 to the doctor who performs it, and $372 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$51.29$46.77 to $85.11
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$372$93.33 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $49 to $5,495Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $35 to $174
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $372professional $51

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$72.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$112.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$70.79
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$74.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 41st of 49

$423

$51.29 physician + $372 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.