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Removal Of A Windpipe Tumor

Massachusetts 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?

$3,600

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,600 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,738$1,259 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,175 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $933 to $7,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $1,738

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,981.07
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,120.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
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
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 38th of 51

$3,600

$1,738 physician + $1,862 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.