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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Missouri 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?

$811

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $811 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $52.48 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$52.48$39.81 to $72.44
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$178 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $115 to $3,715Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $35 to $166
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $52

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$91.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
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
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.63

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 10th of 51

$811

$52.48 physician + $759 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.