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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Kansas 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$457 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$955 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,623Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $537

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
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
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$72.44

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 24th of 51

$631

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.