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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 July 2026.

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

$1,822

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,822 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $43.65 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$43.65$35.48 to $69.18
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,072 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $302 to $5,248Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $35 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $44

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
$812.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 22nd of 49

$1,822

$43.65 physician + $1,778 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.