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Repair Of The Windpipe Inside The Chest

Iowa 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?

$7,661

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,661 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$2,291$1,738 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,951 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $7,762
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $2,291

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
$1,949.84
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$9,772.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,786.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,168.69
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 50

$7,661

$2,291 physician + $5,370 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.