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Early Change Of A Breathing Tube In The Neck

West 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?

$211

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $211 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $48.98 to the doctor who performs it, and $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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$48.98$34.67 to $87.10
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$162$100 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $54 to $1,413Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $29 to $100
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $162professional $49

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$602.56
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$87.10

Where West 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

West Virginia· 42nd of 51

$211

$48.98 physician + $162 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.