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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Illinois 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?

$2,629

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,629 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$891$776 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,202 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,623Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $891

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
$794.33
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,162.28
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 42nd of 50

$2,629

$891 physician + $1,738 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.