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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 July 2026.

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

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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 5 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$537$447 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$1,778 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $589 to $9,120Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $417 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $537

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
$588.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 28th of 51

$589

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.