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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Louisiana 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?

$2,660

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,660 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$1,000$741 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$977 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $661 to $4,074Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $1,000

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
$660.69
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 41st of 50

$2,660

$1,000 physician + $1,660 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.