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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

North Dakota 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?

$98.58

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $98.58 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $63.10 to the doctor who performs it, and $35.48 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$63.10$34.67 to $75.86
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$35.48$34.67 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $35 to $8,511Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $32 to $87
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $35professional $63

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
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$85.11

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 48th of 49

$98.58

$63.10 physician + $35.48 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.