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Repair Of The Windpipe Inside The Chest

Tennessee 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?

$4,134

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,134 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,479 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,950 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,388
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,630.27
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 41st of 50

$4,134

$1,622 physician + $2,512 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.