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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 October 2026.

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

$107

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $54.95 to the doctor who performs it, and $52.48 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$54.95$46.77 to $58.88
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$52.48$51.29 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $50 to $209Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $34 to $79
$50$100$200$500facility $52professional $55

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$588.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$107

$54.95 physician + $52.48 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.