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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

South Carolina 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?

$605

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $605 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $42.66 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$42.66$34.67 to $54.95
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$186 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $47 to $9,772Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $32 to $105
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $562professional $43

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
$42.66
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$104.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 37th of 49

$605

$42.66 physician + $562 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.