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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Ohio 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?

$2,499

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,499 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $44.67 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$44.67$34.67 to $95.50
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,202 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $115 to $10,715Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $32 to $1,950
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,455professional $45

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
$63.10
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$331.13
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$346.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 76.1 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeOhio $2,499 · 15th of 49
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.