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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 July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure cost?

$4,467

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,467 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,467$1,778 to $11,749
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$2,239 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $15,136Professionalmedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $724 to $19,055
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $4,467

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
$1,862.09
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where California sits

The same service costs 38.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Wyoming. 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· 8th of 50

$4,467

WI $11,482WY $295

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.