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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Illinois 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?

$1,275

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,275 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $44.67 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$44.67$35.48 to $63.10
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$537 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $66 to $5,370Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $32 to $110
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $45

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
$66.07
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$128.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$281.84
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$79.43

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 28th of 49

$1,275

$44.67 physician + $1,230 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.