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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Texas 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$398$295 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,585 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,166Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $62 to $3,236
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $398

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
$724.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$257.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 48th of 51

$427

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.