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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Nebraska 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?

$6,330

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,330 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$1,318$759 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,162 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $661 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $1,318

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 50

$6,330

$1,318 physician + $5,012 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.