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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Florida 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?

$525

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 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 7 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$417$275 to $537
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$3,236 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $16,596Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $219 to $776
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $417

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
$1,000.00
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$870.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$891.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 37th of 51

$525

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.