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Removal Of A Windpipe Tumor

Michigan 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?

$5,394

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,394 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$1,230 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,479 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $1,413

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
12 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
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 17th of 51

$5,394

$1,413 physician + $3,981 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.