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Removal Of Windpipe Narrowing Via The Neck

Minnesota 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?

$6,130

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,130 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,818 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$2,818$2,089 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,230 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,120Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $4,677
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $2,818

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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 21st of 50

$6,130

$2,818 physician + $3,311 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.