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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 July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure cost?

$3,388

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 4 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$1,202$708 to $6,026
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,692 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,762
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $3,467professional $1,202

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
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 38.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Wyoming. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Colorado $3,388 · 17th of 50
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.