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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 July 2026.

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

$131

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $131 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $63.10 to the doctor who performs it, and $67.61 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$63.10$46.77 to $85.11
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$67.61$61.66 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $47 to $5,012Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $32 to $110
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $68professional $63

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
$85.11
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$114.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$117.49
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$95.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 76.1 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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· 45th of 49

$131

$63.10 physician + $67.61 facility

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.