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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Nebraska 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?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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$891$631 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$1,660 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,772Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,311
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $891

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
$416.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 5th of 51

$1,096

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.