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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Minnesota 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?

$3,749

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,749 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$1,660$1,259 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$851 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,818
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $1,660

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
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 27th of 50

$3,749

$1,660 physician + $2,089 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.