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Removal Of Windpipe Narrowing Via The Neck

Pennsylvania 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 October 2026.

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

$2,053

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,053 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$1,148 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$490 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $1,995
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,259

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,187.76
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,344.23
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,220.18
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$251.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$933.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 15.8 times more in Maine than in Washington. 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

Pennsylvania· 47th of 51

$2,053

$1,259 physician + $794 facility

ME $28,537WA $1,809

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.