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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 July 2026.

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

$1,392

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,392 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $42.66 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$42.66$39.81 to $61.66
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$52.48 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $40 to $7,079Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $35 to $813
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,349professional $43

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
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$91.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$95.50
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$1,659.59
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 76.1 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeVirginia $1,392 · 27th of 49
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.