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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,526

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,526 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$661 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,698 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,318Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $724

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
$954.99
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 21st of 50

$4,526

$724 physician + $3,802 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.