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Removing A Narrowed Windpipe Segment, Neck And Chest

Delaware rates for HCPCS 31781

Cuts out a narrowed section of windpipe that extends from the neck down into the chest and joins the healthy ends back together. Because the narrowing reaches below the collarbone, the operation requires access to the chest as well as the neck. It is done under general anesthesia and involves careful management of the airway during and after surgery.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removing A Narrowed Windpipe Segment, Neck And Chest cost?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $794 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,514$1,349 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$389 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $4,266Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,570
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,514

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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Delaware· 44th of 51

$1,380

AK $5,754TX $741

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.