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Small Oxygen Tube Placed Into The Windpipe

Minnesota 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?

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,175 to $5,129.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,128
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311

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
$144.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,471.29
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 16th of 50

$3,311

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.