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Small Oxygen Tube Placed Into The Windpipe

California rates for HCPCS 31730

Places a fine tube through the skin at the front of the neck directly into the windpipe, so oxygen can be delivered straight into the airway. A needle and wire are used to make the track, and the tube is left in place. It suits people who need long-term oxygen and cannot manage well with a mask or nasal prongs.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Small Oxygen Tube Placed Into The Windpipe cost?

$4,266

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,754 to $6,310.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $13,490Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $135 to $2,188
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $525

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
$2,187.76
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,949.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where California sits

The same service costs 6.5 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.

California· 7th of 50

$4,266

IN $6,607WV $1,023

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.