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Small Oxygen Tube Placed Into The Windpipe

Virginia 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?

$2,399

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $257 to $4,365.

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 $2,455 · 10th to 90th $170 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,318

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 24th of 50

$2,399

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.