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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Montana 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?

$2,461

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,461 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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$1,230$977 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$1,202 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $1,318Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,981
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,230professional $1,230

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,380.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Montana 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

Montana· 43rd of 50

$2,461

$1,230 physician + $1,230 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.