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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

North Carolina 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?

$734

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $57.54 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$57.54$37.15 to $85.11
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$85.11 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $35 to $5,495Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $35 to $112
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $676professional $58

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
$51.29
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$112.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 34th of 49

$734

$57.54 physician + $676 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.