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Removal Of Windpipe Narrowing Via The Neck

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$7,366

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,366 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$1,995$1,514 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,630 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $7,244
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $1,995

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
$1,778.28
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,011.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,772.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,630.78
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 11.9 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

Iowa· 14th of 50

$7,366

$1,995 physician + $5,370 facility

ME $23,901MD $2,010

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.