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Small Oxygen Tube Placed Into The Windpipe

Iowa 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?

$3,020

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,202 to $4,677.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $417 to $6,761Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,570
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $955

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
$812.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 19th of 50

$3,020

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.