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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 31800

Surgery to close a tear, cut, or other wound of the windpipe with stitches, so that air stops leaking and the airway stays open. It follows an injury such as a blow to the neck, a stab or gunshot wound, or damage during another procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound cost?

$5,137

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,137 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 65 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$724 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,905 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $912 to $12,023Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,239
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $871

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,803.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 9.0 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. 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

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ME $13,236WV $1,470

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.