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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 October 2026.

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

$588

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $588 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.02 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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$38.02$34.67 to $52.48
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$178 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $120 to $3,802Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $30 to $95
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $550professional $38

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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$3,235.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$91.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$114.82
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$114.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$79.43
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
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$19.05

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 17th of 51

$588

$38.02 physician + $550 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.