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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

California rates for HCPCS 31899

A procedure involving the trachea, the windpipe, or the bronchi, the large breathing tubes leading into the lungs, that has no standard named entry of its own. The physician submits a written report describing exactly what was done.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure cost?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12,023 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12,023$4,074 to $12,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$759 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $151 to $34,674Professionalmedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $12,023
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $2,239professional $12,023

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,135.61
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$20,892.96
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$10,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$151,356.12
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where California sits

The same service costs 158.5 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

California· 7th of 51

$2,239

AK $4,677HI $29.51

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.