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Small Oxygen Tube Placed Into The Windpipe

Nebraska 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?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,344 to $7,943.

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 $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $13,490Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $2,239

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 6th of 50

$4,365

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.