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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Alabama 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?

$3,217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$794 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,122 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,074Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $1,175

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 32nd of 50

$3,217

$1,175 physician + $2,042 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.