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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 July 2026.

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

$606

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $606 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $43.65 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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$36.31 to $83.18
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$417 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,820Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $32 to $89
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $562professional $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
$36.31
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$131.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$93.33

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 36th of 49

$606

$43.65 physician + $562 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.