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Repair Of The Windpipe Inside The Chest

South Carolina 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?

$5,253

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,253 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$1,622$1,349 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,660 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $22,909Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $2,630
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $1,622

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
$1,621.81
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 28th of 50

$5,253

$1,622 physician + $3,631 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.