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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Minnesota 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?

$338

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $81.28 to the doctor who performs it, and $257 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$81.28$58.88 to $110
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$257$105 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $69 to $1,585Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $44 to $138
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $81

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
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$141.25

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 42nd of 49

$338

$81.28 physician + $257 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.