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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Kansas 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?

$4,445

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,445 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$977$708 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,820 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,128Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $977

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
$1,819.70
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 22nd of 50

$4,445

$977 physician + $3,467 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.