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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Colorado 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?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,388 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,388$1,202 to $6,166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,202 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $513 to $9,120Professionalmedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $891 to $7,762
$100$500$2K$10K$50Kfacility $2,754professional $3,388

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$20,892.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$2,818

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.