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Simple Revision of a Neck Breathing Opening

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 31613

Reshapes or repairs the surgical opening in the neck that a person breathes through, when it has narrowed, scarred, or healed into a shape that causes problems. The surgeon trims and re-sews the edges so the opening stays the right size and stays easy to use. This is the straightforward version, done without rotating a flap of nearby skin into the opening.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Simple Revision of a Neck Breathing Opening cost?

$2,555

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,555 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$550 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,000 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,495Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $776

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Oklahoma than in Montana. 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

North Carolina· 26th of 51

$2,555

$776 physician + $1,778 facility

OK $5,653MT $1,368

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.