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Repair Of The Windpipe Inside The Chest

Kentucky 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?

$9,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$1,318 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$1,288 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,413

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
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,317.64
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 11th of 50

$9,924

$1,413 physician + $8,511 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.