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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

New Jersey 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?

$6,820

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,820 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$794$692 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,467 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,471Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $575 to $5,248
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $794

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 8th of 50

$6,820

$794 physician + $6,026 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.