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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 July 2026.

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

$1,425

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,425 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $44.67 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$44.67$38.02 to $57.54
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$741 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,236Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $32 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $45

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
$467.74
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$77.62
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 26th of 49

$1,425

$44.67 physician + $1,380 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.