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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 July 2026.

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

$72.69

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.69 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $38.02 to the doctor who performs it, and $34.67 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$38.02$34.67 to $40.74
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$34.67$34.67 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $35 to $1,413Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $34 to $52
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $35professional $38

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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$44.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$602.56
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86

Where West 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. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

West Virginia· 49th of 49

$72.69

$38.02 physician + $34.67 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.