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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$40.74$35.48 to $48.98
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$148 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $45 to $4,074Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $32 to $66
$50$200$1K$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
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$47.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$70.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$70.79
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
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.07

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 15th 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.