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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Montana 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $776 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 5 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$490$251 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$468 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $437 to $933Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $490

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$759

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.