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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Idaho 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$741$603 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$1,413 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $759 to $14,125Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,096
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $741

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$19,054.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$5,128.61
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
19 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
$245.47
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$114.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 11th of 51

$832

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.