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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 July 2026.

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

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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$575$457 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,318 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $676 to $8,318Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $219 to $813
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,467professional $575

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
$660.69
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$707.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in California than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $813 · 10th of 51
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.