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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

North Dakota 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?

$2,139

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,139 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$1,380$955 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$708 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $1,380

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
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 47th of 50

$2,139

$1,380 physician + $759 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.