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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Missouri 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$550$437 to $741
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,000 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $447 to $5,623Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $550

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
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$13,803.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
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
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 29th of 51

$575

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.