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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Michigan 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?

$2,084

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,084 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $42.66 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$42.66$33.88 to $50.12
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,380 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $58 to $4,898Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $30 to $59
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $43

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
$44.67
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$107.15
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$61.66

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 20th of 49

$2,084

$42.66 physician + $2,042 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.