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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Maine 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?

$549

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $549 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $47.86 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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$47.86$39.81 to $58.88
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$339 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $174 to $708Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $34 to $66
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $501professional $48

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$75.86
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$69.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
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
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37

Where Maine 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

Maine· 19th of 51

$549

$47.86 physician + $501 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.