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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Oklahoma 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $1,862 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$501$372 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,862$1,000 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,607Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $282 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $501

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
$501.19
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$707.95

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 7th of 51

$1,000

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.