No office rate
Both describe planned tracheostomy, but this code is for a child younger than two; 31600 is for patients age two and older.
On this page
CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
31601 in Redding
Office / nonfacility
Not available in this setting
Base rate per service
Facility setting
$373.96
Base rate per service
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
Airway surgery
About 31601: Planned tracheostomy in a young child
Reports a planned surgical airway created by opening the trachea and placing a tracheostomy tube in a child younger than two years.
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.
CMS billing rules for 31601
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU7.80 · 69%
- Practice expense (office) RVU2.42 · 21%
- Malpractice RVU1.14 · 10%
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.
31601 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Redding, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
31603 describes an emergency tracheostomy. Use this code for the planned procedure in a child younger than two.
No office rate
31605 describes an emergency airway made through the cricothyroid membrane, not a planned tracheostomy.
The same code, a different location
How does Redding compare?
31601 across payment areas
Same release and payment basis · bars start at $0
Redding · This locality
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No comparable rate is available in this setting.
Other payment areas listed in California appear first, followed by selected cross-country examples. The chart compares amounts, not distance.
The code’s RVUs stay the same in these comparisons. Geographic adjustments to work, practice expense and malpractice change the dollar amount. A city name alone may not identify the payment area for a service address.
Compare all 108 other payment areas
Madera
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$373.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Merced
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$373.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Modesto
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$373.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Napa
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$402.82
No comparable office rate is available.
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$387.09
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of California
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$373.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$386.29
No comparable office rate is available.
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$384.32
No comparable office rate is available.
Salinas
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$382.69
No comparable office rate is available.
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$385.65
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (Marin Cnty)
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$416.72
No comparable office rate is available.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley (San Francisco/San Mateo/Alameda/Contra Costa Cnty)
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$415.43
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (San Benito Cnty)
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$426.15
No comparable office rate is available.
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (Santa Clara Cnty)
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$420.86
No comparable office rate is available.
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$377.43
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$384.62
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$382.48
No comparable office rate is available.
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$388.01
No comparable office rate is available.
Stockton
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$373.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Vallejo
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$400.95
No comparable office rate is available.
Visalia
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$373.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Yuba City
California · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$373.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Dc + Md/Va Suburbs
District of Columbia · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$412.19
No comparable office rate is available.
Miami
Florida · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$440.97
No comparable office rate is available.
Chicago
Illinois · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$430.97
No comparable office rate is available.
Manhattan
New York · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$431.52
No comparable office rate is available.
Alaska*
Alaska · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$497.86
No comparable office rate is available.
Alabama
Alabama · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$352.81
No comparable office rate is available.
Arkansas
Arkansas · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$349.57
No comparable office rate is available.
Arizona
Arizona · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$371.45
No comparable office rate is available.
Colorado
Colorado · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$379.39
No comparable office rate is available.
Connecticut
Connecticut · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$398.86
No comparable office rate is available.
Delaware
Delaware · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$375.92
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Lauderdale
Florida · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$411.25
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Florida
Florida · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$395.03
No comparable office rate is available.
Atlanta
Georgia · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$389.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Georgia
Georgia · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$378.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Hawaii, Guam
Hawaii · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$374.48
No comparable office rate is available.
Iowa
Iowa · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$349.60
No comparable office rate is available.
Idaho
Idaho · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$352.90
No comparable office rate is available.
East St. Louis
Illinois · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$411.58
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Illinois
Illinois · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$393.84
No comparable office rate is available.
Suburban Chicago
Illinois · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$412.84
No comparable office rate is available.
Indiana
Indiana · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$353.96
No comparable office rate is available.
Kansas
Kansas · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$352.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Kentucky
Kentucky · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$367.23
No comparable office rate is available.
New Orleans
Louisiana · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$379.84
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Louisiana
Louisiana · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$368.54
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Boston
Massachusetts · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$401.61
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Massachusetts
Massachusetts · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$380.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Baltimore/Surr. Cntys
Maryland · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$398.53
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maryland
Maryland · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$379.89
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Maine
Maine · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$358.57
No comparable office rate is available.
Southern Maine
Maine · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$364.66
No comparable office rate is available.
Detroit
Michigan · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$402.73
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Michigan
Michigan · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$377.31
No comparable office rate is available.
Minnesota
Minnesota · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$354.97
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Kansas City
Missouri · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$373.63
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan St. Louis
Missouri · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$375.63
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Missouri
Missouri · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$367.29
No comparable office rate is available.
Mississippi
Mississippi · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$358.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Montana**
Montana · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$379.36
No comparable office rate is available.
North Carolina
North Carolina · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$360.27
No comparable office rate is available.
North Dakota**
North Dakota · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$356.82
No comparable office rate is available.
Nebraska
Nebraska · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$349.53
No comparable office rate is available.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$377.99
No comparable office rate is available.
Northern Nj
New Jersey · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$411.37
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New Jersey
New Jersey · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$400.99
No comparable office rate is available.
New Mexico
New Mexico · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$380.38
No comparable office rate is available.
Nevada**
Nevada · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$373.16
No comparable office rate is available.
Nyc Suburbs/Long Island
New York · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$444.02
No comparable office rate is available.
Poughkpsie/N Nyc Suburbs
New York · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$406.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Queens
New York · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$427.65
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of New York
New York · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$364.08
No comparable office rate is available.
Ohio
Ohio · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$372.71
No comparable office rate is available.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$362.29
No comparable office rate is available.
Portland
Oregon · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$382.83
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Oregon
Oregon · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$367.80
No comparable office rate is available.
Metropolitan Philadelphia
Pennsylvania · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$394.79
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$370.71
No comparable office rate is available.
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$379.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Rhode Island
Rhode Island · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$382.94
No comparable office rate is available.
South Carolina
South Carolina · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$367.58
No comparable office rate is available.
South Dakota**
South Dakota · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$354.15
No comparable office rate is available.
Tennessee
Tennessee · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$354.45
No comparable office rate is available.
Austin
Texas · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$380.30
No comparable office rate is available.
Beaumont
Texas · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$369.46
No comparable office rate is available.
Brazoria
Texas · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$372.41
No comparable office rate is available.
Dallas
Texas · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$376.05
No comparable office rate is available.
Fort Worth
Texas · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$375.74
No comparable office rate is available.
Galveston
Texas · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$374.40
No comparable office rate is available.
Houston
Texas · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$395.27
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Texas
Texas · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$371.62
No comparable office rate is available.
Utah
Utah · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$370.70
No comparable office rate is available.
Virginia
Virginia · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$366.87
No comparable office rate is available.
Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$379.75
No comparable office rate is available.
Vermont
Vermont · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$359.82
No comparable office rate is available.
Rest Of Washington
Washington · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$378.00
No comparable office rate is available.
Seattle (King Cnty)
Washington · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$403.84
No comparable office rate is available.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$349.69
No comparable office rate is available.
West Virginia
West Virginia · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$385.26
No comparable office rate is available.
Wyoming**
Wyoming · 31601
Office
Unavailable
Facility
$369.53
No comparable office rate is available.
See how rates vary across the country
31601 · Office / nonfacility · Non-QP. Choose a state to explore its payment localities. A range means the amount varies within that state.
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| State / territory | Rate range | Localities |
|---|---|---|
| AK | No published base rate | 1 |
| AL | No published base rate | 1 |
| AR | No published base rate | 1 |
| AZ | No published base rate | 1 |
| CA | No published base rate | 29 |
| CO | No published base rate | 1 |
| CT | No published base rate | 1 |
| DC | No published base rate | 1 |
| DE | No published base rate | 1 |
| FL | No published base rate | 3 |
| GA | No published base rate | 2 |
| GU | No published base rate | 1 |
| HI | No published base rate | 1 |
| IA | No published base rate | 1 |
| ID | No published base rate | 1 |
| IL | No published base rate | 4 |
| IN | No published base rate | 1 |
| KS | No published base rate | 1 |
| KY | No published base rate | 1 |
| LA | No published base rate | 2 |
| MA | No published base rate | 2 |
| MD | No published base rate | 3 |
| ME | No published base rate | 2 |
| MI | No published base rate | 2 |
| MN | No published base rate | 1 |
| MO | No published base rate | 3 |
| MS | No published base rate | 1 |
| MT | No published base rate | 1 |
| NC | No published base rate | 1 |
| ND | No published base rate | 1 |
| NE | No published base rate | 1 |
| NH | No published base rate | 1 |
| NJ | No published base rate | 2 |
| NM | No published base rate | 1 |
| NV | No published base rate | 1 |
| NY | No published base rate | 5 |
| OH | No published base rate | 1 |
| OK | No published base rate | 1 |
| OR | No published base rate | 2 |
| PA | No published base rate | 2 |
| PR | No published base rate | 1 |
| RI | No published base rate | 1 |
| SC | No published base rate | 1 |
| SD | No published base rate | 1 |
| TN | No published base rate | 1 |
| TX | No published base rate | 8 |
| UT | No published base rate | 1 |
| VA | No published base rate | 2 |
| VI | No published base rate | 1 |
| VT | No published base rate | 1 |
| WA | No published base rate | 2 |
| WI | No published base rate | 1 |
| WV | No published base rate | 1 |
| WY | No published base rate | 1 |
Where does this rate apply?
Redding is a Medicare payment area. Our Census mapping connects it to 32 cities and communities in California, including the examples shown here.
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What is a percentage of Medicare worth?
Turn a percentage into dollars for 31601 in Redding. This uses the base rate on this page, so the locality and release stay consistent.
Reference amount per service
$411.36
$373.96 × 110% = $411.36
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How this local rate is calculated
Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 31601 in Redding.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
3,621
- Code
- 31601
- Physician work
- 7.80
- Practice expense
- 2.42
- Malpractice
- 1.14
GPCI2026.csv
19
- Locality
- Redding
- Physician work
- 1.017
- Practice expense
- 1.096
- Malpractice
- 0.536
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 7.80 | × 1.017 | 7.9326 |
| Practice expense | 2.42 | × 1.096 | 2.6523 |
| Malpractice | 1.14 | × 0.536 | 0.6110 |
| Total RVUs | 11.1960 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Redding$373.96
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Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 7.8 | 1.017 |
| Practice expense | 2.42 | 1.096 |
| Malpractice | 1.14 | 0.536 |
(7.8 × 1.017 + 2.42 × 1.096 + 1.14 × 0.536) × $33.4009 = $373.96
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
How this rate has changed
31601 · Office / nonfacility
Rate unavailable
Effective 2026-10-01
A rate is unavailable in one of these releases, so a change cannot be calculated.
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| Effective from | Office / nonfacility | Facility | CMS release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $373.96 | RVU26D |
| 2026-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $373.96 | RVU26C |
| 2026-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $373.96 | RVU26B |
| 2026-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $373.96 | RVU26A |
| 2025-10-01 | Not available in this setting | $434.73 | RVU25D |
| 2025-07-01 | Not available in this setting | $434.73 | RVU25C |
| 2025-04-01 | Not available in this setting | $434.73 | RVU25B |
| 2025-01-01 | Not available in this setting | $434.73 | RVU25A |
31601 billing questions
How does this code differ from 31600?
This code is for a planned tracheostomy in a child younger than two. Code 31600 is the planned tracheostomy code for patients age two and older.
When is an emergency airway code used instead?
Use an emergency airway code when the tracheostomy or cricothyrotomy is performed urgently rather than as a planned procedure. Codes 31603 and 31605 describe different emergency airway approaches.
Is same-day evaluation or postoperative care separately reported?
The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care. Separately performed services should be assessed on their own documentation and applicable coding rules.
Can modifier 50 be reported?
No. The descriptor and anatomy make a bilateral adjustment inappropriate for this procedure.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
An assistant at surgery may be paid. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
What happens when this is performed with another procedure in the same session?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures in the same session are subject to the standard multiple procedure reduction.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
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3,61931599,,Unlisted procedure larynx,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,YYY,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,1,1,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,62031600,,Planned tracheostomy,A,,5.42,1.69,NA,1.69,,1.07,8.18,8.18,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,62131601,,Planned tracheostomy<2 yrs,A,,7.80,2.42,NA,2.42,,1.14,11.36,11.36,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,62231603,,Emer tracheostomy ttrach,A,,5.85,1.41,NA,1.41,,1.08,8.34,8.34,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,62331605,,Emer tracheostomy cthyr mem,A,,6.29,1.40,NA,1.40,,1.37,9.06,9.06,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,6243160F,,Doc fe+ stores b/4 epo thx,I,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
1601112,CA,60,MODESTO,1.017,1.096,0.536
1701112,CA,51,NAPA,1.063,1.318,0.508
1801182,CA,17,OXNARD-THOUSAND OAKS-VENTURA,1.028,1.182,0.623
1901112,CA,61,REDDING,1.017,1.096,0.536
2001112,CA,62,RIVERSIDE-SAN BERNARDINO-ONTARIO,1.018,1.096,0.853
2101112,CA,63,SACRAMENTO-ROSEVILLE-FOLSOM,1.036,1.163,0.536
2201112,CA,64,SALINAS,1.031,1.159,0.536