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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Maryland 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?

$40.74

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $34.67 to $75.86.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $55 to $81Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $32 to $105
$50$100$200facility $81professional $41

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$162.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 74.1 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$40.74

CA $2,512DE $33.88

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.