Replacement of tracheostomy tube

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC TRACH TUBE CHANGE

Payers reporting CPT 31502

Payer pricing summary

Low

$66

Average

$648

Median

$384

High

$5.1k

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1	Medicare other · both · +21 other terms	36	$241	$267	$86	32%	14–140	$213 – $847
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +36 other terms	427	$392	$817	$1.8k	225%	3–30	$1 – $21.6k
3	Ucare professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	27	$14	$14	$4	26%	2–20	$10 – $25
4	Bcbs Mt fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	1	$533	$533	—	—	2–20	$533 – $533
5	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms	617	$252	$1.0k	$2.9k	277%	1–10	$1 – $28.7k
6	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	252	$181	$204	$466	228%	1–10	$1 – $6.5k
7	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms	542	$277	$999	$2.1k	207%	—	$1 – $21.3k
8	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	400	$230	$305	$718	235%	—	$1 – $12.8k
9	Cigna case rate · outpatient · +38 other terms	325	$2.9k	$4.5k	$6.0k	132%	—	$1 – $40.7k
10	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	189	$234	$287	$480	168%	—	$12 – $4.3k
11	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +32 other terms	149	$225	$318	$684	215%	—	$6 – $6.3k
12	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	136	$392	$407	$191	47%	—	$21 – $1.7k
13	Oscar case rate · outpatient · +23 other terms	129	$2.5k	$2.7k	$694	26%	—	$363 – $7.5k
14	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms	110	$295	$403	$611	152%	—	$25 – $4.3k
15	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	93	$399	$345	$273	79%	—	$10 – $2.3k
16	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	92	$241	$308	$572	186%	—	$16 – $4.9k
17	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	83	$111	$119	$51	43%	—	$23 – $367
18	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	76	$285	$351	$651	185%	—	$1 – $4.3k
19	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	73	$213	$262	$265	101%	—	$31 – $1.5k
20	Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	66	$236	$520	$1.2k	222%	—	$30 – $5.1k
21	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	57	$306	$392	$240	61%	—	$31 – $1.1k
22	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	50	$298	$850	$1.8k	216%	—	$31 – $7.2k
23	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +10 other terms	42	$229	$178	$82	46%	—	$31 – $253
24	Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +6 other terms	39	$5.8k	$6.6k	$5.1k	77%	—	$2.1k – $14.6k
25	Regence professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	39	$34	$45	$27	61%	—	$14 – $109

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