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Repair Of A Narrowed Airway To The Lung

Wisconsin 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?

$10,383

Typical total for the visit. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,383 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,074 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,074$1,862 to $6,026
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$1,698 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $813 to $17,783Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,128
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $4,074

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,011.87
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,454.40
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$18,197.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,370.32
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,073.80
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 14.4 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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

Wisconsin· 5th of 51

$10,383

$4,074 physician + $6,310 facility

ME $28,777WA $2,000

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.