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Removal Of The Epiglottis

California rates for HCPCS 31420

Surgery to take out the epiglottis, the small flap of cartilage at the base of the tongue that folds over the windpipe during swallowing. It is removed when disease or a growth involves it, or when it blocks the airway. Swallowing is retrained afterwards because the flap that helps steer food away from the airway is gone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of The Epiglottis cost?

$8,485

Typical total for the visit. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,485 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$832 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$5,012 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,571
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,248.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,630.27
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,398.83
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,238.72
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where California sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

California· 8th of 50

$8,485

$1,072 physician + $7,413 facility

IN $15,724WV $1,728

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.