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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Indiana 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?

$10,957

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,957 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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$724$676 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$7,244 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $17,783Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,175
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $724

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$10,957

$724 physician + $10,233 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.