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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $42.66 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$42.66$38.02 to $57.54
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$195 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $50 to $2,089Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $35 to $81
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $692professional $43

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
$47.86
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$50.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$81.28

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 33rd of 49

$734

$42.66 physician + $692 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.