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Planned Opening Into The Windpipe

Washington rates for HCPCS 31600

Creates an opening through the front of the neck into the windpipe and places a tube through it so air reaches the lungs directly. It is done as a planned operation, most often when a breathing tube through the mouth is needed for a long stretch or the upper airway is blocked or unsafe. Speech and swallowing are addressed once the opening has settled.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Planned Opening Into The Windpipe cost?

$1,738

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $646 to $8,511.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $501 to $13,183
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,738

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
$562.34
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$17,782.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$8,317.64
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$758.58
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$19,054.61

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 24.5 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.

Washington· 38th of 50

$1,738

IN $7,413WV $302

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.