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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Kansas 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?

$368

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $368 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $51.29 to the doctor who performs it, and $316 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$51.29$42.66 to $69.18
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$316$158 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $62 to $2,754Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $36 to $331
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $316professional $51

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
$1,348.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
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
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.62

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 28th of 51

$368

$51.29 physician + $316 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.