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Permanent Windpipe Opening With Skin Flaps

North Dakota 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 July 2026.

How much does Permanent Windpipe Opening With Skin Flaps cost?

$1,023

Typical facility fee. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $955 to $1,349.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,511
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,023

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
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 17.0 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.

North Dakota· 49th of 50

$1,023

IN $15,488WV $912

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.