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Small Oxygen Tube Placed Into The Windpipe

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $676 to $6,310.

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 $1,585 · 10th to 90th $186 to $9,772
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,585

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
$177.83
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 37th 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.