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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Oklahoma 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?

$703

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $703 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $42.66 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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 5 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 $48.98
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$107 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $49 to $2,754Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $34 to $575
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $661professional $43

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
$758.58
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$58.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$56.23

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 11th of 51

$703

$42.66 physician + $661 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.