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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Rhode Island 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?

$38.90

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $26.30 to $54.95.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,981Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $26 to $62
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $39

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$77.62

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 74.1 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Rhode Island· 49th of 51

$38.90

CA $2,512DE $33.88

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.