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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Kentucky 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?

$889

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $889 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.02 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$38.02$33.88 to $61.66
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$60.26 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $34 to $10,715Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $32 to $112
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $851professional $38

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
$33.88
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$117.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 32nd of 49

$889

$38.02 physician + $851 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.