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Small Oxygen Tube Placed Into The Windpipe

Nevada 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?

$2,138

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,175 to $3,890.

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 $2,239 · 10th to 90th $162 to $5,248Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,862
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $1,023

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
$162.18
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 29th of 50

$2,138

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.