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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 July 2026.

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

$1,227

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,227 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $52.48 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$52.48$38.02 to $63.10
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$479 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,467Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $32 to $68
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $52

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
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$54.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 29th of 49

$1,227

$52.48 physician + $1,175 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.