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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 October 2026.

How much does Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck cost?

$815

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.90 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$38.90$34.67 to $48.98
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$170 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $115 to $3,802Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $29 to $68
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $776professional $39

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
$38.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$52.48
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.60
Typical High
$44.67
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$81.28
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.89

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 9th of 51

$815

$38.90 physician + $776 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.