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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Tennessee 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?

$3,162

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$871$759 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,585 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,266Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $661 to $2,089
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $871

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
$758.58
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,380.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 33rd of 50

$3,162

$871 physician + $2,291 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.