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Removal Of Windpipe Narrowing Via The Neck

West Virginia 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?

$2,210

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,210 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,175 to $2,884
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$562 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $35 to $1,413Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,388
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $1,549

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 45th of 51

$2,210

$1,549 physician + $661 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.