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Planned Tracheostomy In A Child Under Two

Virginia 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$427 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$1,230 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $513 to $10,233Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $355 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $501

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
$524.81
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
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
$245.47
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$52.48

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$513

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.