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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Mississippi 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?

$363

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $53.70 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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$53.70$36.31 to $89.13
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$132 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,047Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $33 to $129
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $54

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
$89.13
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$131.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$93.33
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
$17.78
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 29th of 51

$363

$53.70 physician + $309 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.