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Removal Of Windpipe Narrowing Via The Neck

Kansas 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?

$5,424

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,424 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,202 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,905 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $1,995
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,802professional $1,622

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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 11.9 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeKansas $5,424 · 24th of 50
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.