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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 October 2026.

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

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $2,951 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$389$302 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,951$1,820 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $891 to $12,303Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $219 to $741
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $389

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
$645.65
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
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
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$51.29

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 14th of 51

$794

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.