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Removal Of Windpipe Narrowing Via The Neck

Idaho 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?

$4,869

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,869 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$1,622 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,698 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $1,778

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,454.71
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 29th of 50

$4,869

$1,778 physician + $3,090 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.