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Removal Of Windpipe Narrowing Via The Neck

Oregon 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?

$4,532

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,532 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,188 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$2,188$1,778 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,995 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,090Professionalmedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $3,802
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $2,188

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
$2,344.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,162.28
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 32nd of 50

$4,532

$2,188 physician + $2,344 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.