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Repair Of The Windpipe Inside The Chest

Colorado rates for HCPCS 31760

Reconstructs the part of the windpipe that lies within the chest, opening up a narrowed segment or repairing a damaged one so air can move freely to the lungs. The chest is opened to reach the airway directly. It is done for narrowing from scarring, injury, prolonged breathing-tube use, or a growth pressing on the airway.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair Of The Windpipe Inside The Chest cost?

$11,135

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,135 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,550 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$1,585$1,585 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,550$5,370 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $18,197Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,754
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,550professional $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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,244.36
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,754.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Colorado· 6th of 50

$11,135

$1,585 physician + $9,550 facility

ME $24,249MD $2,210

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.