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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Michigan 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?

$3,735

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,735 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$851$692 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$2,884 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $891 to $4,898Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $851

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
$891.25
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,238.72
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 28th of 50

$3,735

$851 physician + $2,884 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.