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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 July 2026.

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

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 6 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$447$288 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$4,677 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,586Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $234 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $447

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
$575.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$513

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.