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Removal Of Windpipe Narrowing Via The Neck

Wyoming 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?

$4,042

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,042 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,754 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$2,754$2,188 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$1,148 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $19,055Professionalmedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $3,802
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,288professional $2,754

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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 20th of 51

$4,042

$2,754 physician + $1,288 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.