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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Nevada 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?

$1,739

Typical total for the visit. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,739 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $40.74 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$40.74$37.15 to $53.70
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,514 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $37 to $4,467Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $35 to $178
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $41

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
$37.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$125.89

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 23rd of 49

$1,739

$40.74 physician + $1,698 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.