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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 October 2026.

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

$603

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $40.74 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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$40.74$33.11 to $50.12
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$200 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $41 to $4,467Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $28 to $63
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $562professional $41

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
$40.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$69.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$72.44
5 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
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07

Where Utah 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

Utah· 14th of 51

$603

$40.74 physician + $562 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.