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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 October 2026.

How much does Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck cost?

$2,147

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,147 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $57.54 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$57.54$36.31 to $85.11
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$417 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $174 to $5,248Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $32 to $112
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $58

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$120.23
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$954.99
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$61.66
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.98

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 4th of 51

$2,147

$57.54 physician + $2,089 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.