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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31601

A planned operation in a child younger than two that creates an opening through the front of the neck into the windpipe and places a breathing tube in it. It gives a stable airway for a child who needs long-term breathing support or whose upper airway is blocked.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two cost?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $759 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,479$603 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$759$513 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $389 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $513 to $2,818
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $759professional $1,479

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,090.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$1,479

CA $4,074HI $309

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.