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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Montana 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?

$108

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $108 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $47.86 to the doctor who performs it, and $60.26 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$47.86$31.62 to $60.26
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$60.26$58.88 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $58 to $437Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $30 to $95
$50$100$200$500facility $60professional $48

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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$72.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$72.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$87.10

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 49

$108

$47.86 physician + $60.26 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.