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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Massachusetts 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?

$2,093

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,093 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $51.29 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$51.29$36.31 to $79.43
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$871 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $41 to $3,715Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $31 to $178
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,042professional $51

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
$363.08
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$257.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$229.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$154.88

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 76.1 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMassachusetts $2,093 · 19th of 49
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.