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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Georgia 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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$490$417 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,188 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $9,550Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $316 to $977
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $490

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
$489.78
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 22nd of 51

$617

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.