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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Utah 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?

$3,216

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,216 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $53.70 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$53.70$37.15 to $81.28
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,239 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $41 to $4,571Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $28 to $107
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $54

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
$40.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$75.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$69.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44

Where Utah 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

Utah· 9th of 49

$3,216

$53.70 physician + $3,162 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.