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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 October 2026.

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

$201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $45.71 to the doctor who performs it, and $155 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$45.71$39.81 to $46.77
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$155$151 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $89 to $661Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $30 to $51
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $155professional $46

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$117.49
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
10 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
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 45th of 51

$201

$45.71 physician + $155 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.