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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system

Change of a tracheostomy tube before the opening has healed

CPT 31502the billing code this page is about

Replacement of a breathing tube in a surgical neck opening while the tract is still fresh and has not yet formed a stable channel.

Hospitals typically charge $306 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,066 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $348. Most fall between $131 and $664 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,066
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,066 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$78$160$306$590$952

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($78 vs $952).

How the prices are spread

$55 – $77: 100 hospitals$55$77 – $108: 107 hospitals$108 – $151: 167 hospitals$108$151 – $211: 195 hospitals$211 – $295: 296 hospitals$211$295 – $412: 262 hospitals$412 – $576: 284 hospitals$412$576 – $806: 250 hospitals$806 – $1,128: 131 hospitals$806$1,128 – $1,578: 69 hospitals$1,128median $306price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,861 of 2,066 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$55$77100
$77$108107
$108$151167
$151$211195
$211$295296
$295$412262
$412$576284
$576$806250
$806$1,128131
$1,128$1,57869

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$242
Median cash price$306
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.27×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $306.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $196 across 17 hospitalsME$196Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $347 across 52 hospitalsWA$347Idaho: median $649 across 13 hospitalsID$649Montana: median $121 across 10 hospitalsMT$121North Dakota: median $238 across 12 hospitalsND$238Minnesota: median $256 across 48 hospitalsMN$256Illinois: median $354 across 79 hospitalsIL$354Wisconsin: median $303 across 85 hospitalsWI$303Michigan: median $246 across 65 hospitalsMI$246New York: median $296 across 97 hospitalsNY$296Massachusetts: median $491 across 37 hospitalsMA$491Oregon: median $130 across 40 hospitalsOR$130Nevada: median $200 across 13 hospitalsNV$200Wyoming: median $273 across 10 hospitalsWY$273South Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $189 across 31 hospitalsIA$189Indiana: median $207 across 42 hospitalsIN$207Ohio: median $528 across 100 hospitalsOH$528Pennsylvania: median $320 across 99 hospitalsPA$320New Jersey: median $595 across 49 hospitalsNJ$595Connecticut: median $343 across 20 hospitalsCT$343Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $619 across 153 hospitalsCA$619Utah: median $891 across 26 hospitalsUT$891Colorado: median $259 across 49 hospitalsCO$259Nebraska: median $182 across 35 hospitalsNE$182Missouri: median $267 across 49 hospitalsMO$267Kentucky: median $231 across 24 hospitalsKY$231West Virginia: median $197 across 30 hospitalsWV$197Virginia: median $295 across 55 hospitalsVA$295Maryland: median $81 across 20 hospitalsMD$81Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $291 across 39 hospitalsAZ$291New Mexico: median $236 across 14 hospitalsNM$236Kansas: median $223 across 25 hospitalsKS$223Arkansas: median $212 across 18 hospitalsAR$212Tennessee: median $247 across 33 hospitalsTN$247North Carolina: median $277 across 64 hospitalsNC$277South Carolina: median $401 across 41 hospitalsSC$401Oklahoma: median $158 across 35 hospitalsOK$158Louisiana: median $196 across 41 hospitalsLA$196Mississippi: median $150 across 43 hospitalsMS$150Alabama: median $217 across 20 hospitalsAL$217Georgia: median $585 across 75 hospitalsGA$585Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $518 across 131 hospitalsTX$518Florida: median $382 across 69 hospitalsFL$382
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $306. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT26$891+191%$767 – $960
Idaho ID13$649+112%$225 – $659
California CA153$619+102%$259 – $994
New Jersey NJ49$595+94%$257 – $4,350
Georgia GA75$585+91%$190 – $1,616
Ohio OH100$528+72%$244 – $694
Texas TX131$518+69%$138 – $715
Massachusetts MA37$491+60%$235 – $722
South Carolina SC41$401+31%$327 – $434
Florida FL69$382+25%$209 – $868
Illinois IL79$354+16%$111 – $799
Washington WA52$347+13%$179 – $518
Connecticut CT20$343+12%$170 – $496
Pennsylvania PA99$320+4%$115 – $697
Wisconsin WI85$303−1%$109 – $417
New York NY97$296−4%$164 – $618
Virginia VA55$295−4%$184 – $497
Arizona AZ39$291−5%$116 – $1,176
North Carolina NC64$277−10%$187 – $433
Wyoming WY10$273−11%$195 – $300
Missouri MO49$267−13%$76 – $768
Colorado CO49$259−15%$157 – $720
Minnesota MN48$256−17%$130 – $422
Tennessee TN33$247−19%$64 – $430
Michigan MI65$246−20%$37 – $375
North Dakota ND12$238−22%$102 – $407
New Mexico NM14$236−23%$112 – $494
Kentucky KY24$231−25%$108 – $417
Kansas KS25$223−27%$94 – $534
Alabama AL20$217−29%$132 – $350
Arkansas AR18$212−31%$113 – $496
Indiana IN42$207−32%$146 – $508
Nevada NV13$200−35%$132 – $257
West Virginia WV30$197−36%$36 – $545
Louisiana LA41$196−36%$115 – $453
Maine ME17$196−36%$66 – $388
Iowa IA31$189−38%$77 – $407
Nebraska NE35$182−41%$72 – $303
Oklahoma OK35$158−49%$73 – $418
Mississippi MS43$150−51%$86 – $276
Oregon OR40$130−58%$62 – $376
Montana MT10$121−61%$39 – $346
Maryland MD20$81−74%$66 – $100
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $306.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,631$340$150 – $709
Children’s40$480$186 – $751
Critical access388$228$82 – $526
Ownership
For-profit188$418$158 – $1,140
Government319$275$112 – $511
Non-profit1,552$319$130 – $663
System affiliation
Part of a system1,727$323$138 – $694
Independent339$259$97 – $533

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$592
Median cash price$306
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,603 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $350 and the average of the middle 60% is $377; most fall between $150 and $694.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,603 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$97$182$350$619$952

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($97 vs $952).

Of the 1,714 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,603 gave a usable cash price; 47 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 64 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,066 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (52%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,214 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,066
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here80
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded68
Hospitals that filed this code2,214

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on respiratory system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tracheotomy Tube Change Prior to Fistula Tract.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Change of a tracheostomy tube before the opening has healed (CPT 31502) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31502-change-of-a-tracheostomy-tube-before-the-opening-has-healed