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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 July 2026.

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

$495

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $495 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $58.88 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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$58.88$35.48 to $77.62
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$70.79 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $42 to $4,365Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $29 to $98
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $59

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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$74.13

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 40th of 49

$495

$58.88 physician + $437 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.