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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

New Mexico 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?

$2,200

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,200 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$912$724 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$871 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,012Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,291
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $912

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 45th of 50

$2,200

$912 physician + $1,288 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.