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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$468$363 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,148 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,413Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $234 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $468

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
$588.84
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
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
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Arkansas· 10th of 51

$871

AK $1,820KY $347

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.