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Removal Of Windpipe Narrowing Via The Neck

Vermont 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?

$1,445

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,445 to $1,585.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $1,445

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Vermont· 38th of 51

$1,445

CA $8,511DE $1,175

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.