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Repair Of The Windpipe Inside The Chest

Minnesota 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?

$8,410

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,410 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$3,162$2,399 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$3,548 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $11,220Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $5,129
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $3,162

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
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$20,417.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 13th of 50

$8,410

$3,162 physician + $5,248 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.