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Removal Of A Windpipe Tumor

Washington 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?

$3,329

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,329 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$209 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,413 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $912 to $20,417Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $129 to $2,188
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $759

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
$1,445.44
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$22,387.21
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,090.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,025.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,041.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$32,359.37
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,311.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Washington 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

Washington· 44th of 51

$3,329

$759 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.