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Repair Of A Narrowed Airway To The Lung

Vermont rates for HCPCS 31770

Surgery to rebuild a bronchus — one of the large airway branches leading into a lung — where it has become narrowed or damaged, so air can once again reach the lung tissue beyond. The chest is opened to work on the airway directly. It is done for scarring, injury, or a growth that has blocked the branch, and it can save a lung that would otherwise have to be removed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Narrowed Airway To The Lung cost?

$1,820

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,622 to $2,042.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $468 to $776Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $1,820

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Vermont· 22nd of 51

$1,820

AK $5,248TX $692

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.