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Surgical Repair Of A Windpipe Wound

Virginia 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?

$5,236

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,236 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$794 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,318 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $813 to $12,023Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $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
$870.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,801.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$14,454.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,630.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 14th of 50

$5,236

$871 physician + $4,365 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.