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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Alaska 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?

$4,164

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,164 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,344 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$2,344$1,585 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$832 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $776 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,571
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $2,344

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,290.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,570.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$4,570.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Alaska sits

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

Alaska· 25th of 50

$4,164

$2,344 physician + $1,820 facility

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.