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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

North Carolina 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?

$2,693

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,693 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$955$776 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$977 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,244Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,905
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $955

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
$691.83
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 40th of 50

$2,693

$955 physician + $1,738 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.