go back

Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Indiana 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?

$4,113

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,113 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.90 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$38.90$33.88 to $72.44
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$3,090 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $407 to $8,318Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $32 to $115
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,074professional $39

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
$48.98
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$125.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$66.07

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 4th of 49

$4,113

$38.90 physician + $4,074 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.