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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Connecticut 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?

$7,091

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,091 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,202$776 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,677 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $1,202

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
$3,890.45
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 6th of 50

$7,091

$1,202 physician + $5,888 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.