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Removal Of A Windpipe Tumor

Georgia 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?

$3,064

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,064 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$1,479$1,259 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$1,023 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $724 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $1,479

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
$1,174.90
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,754.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,818.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,090.30
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
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 48th of 51

$3,064

$1,479 physician + $1,585 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.