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Small Oxygen Tube Placed Into The Windpipe

Washington 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?

$2,188

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $275 to $8,511
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,188

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
$288.40
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$14,454.40
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 28th of 50

$2,188

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.