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Permanent Windpipe Opening With Skin Flaps

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31610

Creates a lasting opening from the front of the neck into the windpipe so a person can breathe through it. Flaps of skin are turned in and stitched to the edges of the windpipe so the opening keeps its shape and stays open on its own rather than relying on a tube to hold it. It is used when breathing will need to bypass the mouth and throat long term.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Permanent Windpipe Opening With Skin Flaps cost?

$10,970

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,970 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,890 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,890$2,455 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$4,677 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $14,125Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $977 to $5,370
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $3,890

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,456.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,309.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,079.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$23,988.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Alaska· 1st of 51

$10,970

$3,890 physician + $7,079 facility

AK $10,970KY $1,909

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.