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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Louisiana 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?

$403

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $403 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $47.86 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 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$47.86$38.90 to $58.88
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$151 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,202Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $34 to $66
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $48

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
$338.84
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61
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
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.31

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 25th of 51

$403

$47.86 physician + $355 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.