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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Iowa 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?

$4,358

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,358 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$871 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,622 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $661 to $4,571
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $1,122

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
$1,047.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 23rd of 50

$4,358

$1,122 physician + $3,236 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.