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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Louisiana 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?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$447 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,585 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $912 to $9,120Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $316 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $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
$575.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$478.63
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
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$813

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.