go back

Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

New Hampshire 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?

$599

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $599 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $61.66 to the doctor who performs it, and $537 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$61.66$47.86 to $81.28
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$537$363 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,630Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $34 to $115
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $537professional $62

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$144.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 16th of 51

$599

$61.66 physician + $537 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.