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Rebuilding A Narrowed Or Damaged Windpipe

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 31750

Reconstructs the windpipe where it has been narrowed, scarred, or damaged, reshaping and widening the airway so air passes freely again. Tissue or cartilage may be used to rebuild the wall and hold the new shape. It is done for narrowing after a breathing tube, injury, or a birth difference in the airway.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Rebuilding A Narrowed Or Damaged Windpipe cost?

$5,702

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,702 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$2,138 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,950 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $4,074Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $3,890
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $2,884

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,801.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Dakota· 19th of 51

$5,702

$2,884 physician + $2,818 facility

AK $12,740DE $3,861

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.