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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

South Dakota 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?

$198

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $198 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $72.44 to the doctor who performs it, and $126 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$72.44$54.95 to $81.28
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$126$61.66 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $49 to $224Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $36 to $98
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $126professional $72

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
$34.67
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 47th of 51

$198

$72.44 physician + $126 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.