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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Massachusetts 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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$661$468 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$537 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,754Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,818
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $661

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
$758.58
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$512.86
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,819.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,918.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$75.86

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$759

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.