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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Minnesota 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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$955$692 to $1,349
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$776 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $479 to $8,318Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,514professional $955

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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 6th of 51

$1,000

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.