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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Michigan 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$309 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$1,230 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,761Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $257 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $398

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
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
10 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
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$61.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$537

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.