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Small Oxygen Tube Placed Into The Windpipe

Montana 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?

$1,479

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $251 to $1,905.

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 $1,479 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,042
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 43rd of 50

$1,479

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.