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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Nebraska 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?

$333

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $333 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $75.86 to the doctor who performs it, and $257 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$75.86$60.26 to $87.10
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$257$158 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $115 to $3,388Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $46 to $204
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $257professional $76

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$107.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 32nd of 51

$333

$75.86 physician + $257 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.