CPT code 31601: Tracheostomy, planned, under age two2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Vermont

In Vermont, Medicare pays $359.82 for 31601 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 31601 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 31601 covers

The surgeon creates a surgical airway by opening the trachea and placing a tracheostomy tube in a child younger than two years. Pediatric otolaryngologists, pediatric surgeons, or other surgeons qualified to perform airway procedures may provide it, commonly in an operating room when a child needs a durable airway for prolonged ventilation or airway obstruction. The planned nature and the child’s age distinguish this service from emergency airway procedures and planned tracheostomy in older patients.

Report the code when the operative record supports a planned tracheostomy and documents the patient’s age and the procedure performed. It has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. When performed with other procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeons require supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Vermont compares for 31601

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 31601 runs from $349.53 in Nebraska to $497.86 in Alaska. Vermont pays $359.82. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

Every other payment area

31601 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 31601 rate is calculated

Each of 31601’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 31601

The CMS indicators that decide how 31601 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 31601

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 31601 has changed in Vermont

Price 31601 for an earlier date of service

Where the Vermont rate applies

Vermont is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 180 cities and communities in Vermont. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Albany
• Alburgh
• Algiers
• Arlington
• Ascutney
• Bakersfield
• Barnet
• Barre

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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