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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Tennessee 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?

$682

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $682 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $51.29 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$51.29$37.15 to $110
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$339 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,950Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $32 to $603
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631professional $51

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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 12th of 51

$682

$51.29 physician + $631 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.