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Small Oxygen Tube Placed Into The Windpipe

Illinois 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?

$1,585

Typical facility fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,122 to $2,692.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $288 to $5,370Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $1,202

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
$288.40
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 39th of 50

$1,585

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.