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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Oregon 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?

$135

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $66.07 to the doctor who performs it, and $69.18 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$66.07$51.29 to $83.18
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$69.18$64.57 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $51 to $813Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $45 to $98
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $69professional $66

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$89.13
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$102.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$912.01
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
10 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
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$135

$66.07 physician + $69.18 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.