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Removal Of A Windpipe Tumor

Arizona rates for HCPCS 31785

Removes a growth from the windpipe, taking out the affected length of airway and joining the healthy ends back together so breathing passes through freely. It is done for a tumor narrowing or blocking the trachea. Airway management during and after the operation is a major part of the care.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Windpipe Tumor cost?

$3,745

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,745 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$1,023 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,175 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,166Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,943
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $1,175

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
$977.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
6 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
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Arizona· 37th of 51

$3,745

$1,175 physician + $2,570 facility

AK $11,283KY $2,440

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.