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Removal Of Windpipe Narrowing Via The Neck

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31780

Cuts out a narrowed segment of the windpipe and sews the healthy ends back together, working through an incision in the neck. Taking out the tight section restores a full-width airway so breathing is no longer restricted. The narrowing is often the result of a breathing tube, an injury, or inflammation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Windpipe Narrowing Via The Neck cost?

$10,652

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,652 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,898 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$4,898$3,162 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $6,457
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,754professional $4,898

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,981.07
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 15.8 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$10,652

$4,898 physician + $5,754 facility

ME $28,537WA $1,809

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.