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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Indiana 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?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$380$0.02 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$794 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $339 to $7,586Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1,380
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $380

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
$831.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$389.05
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 4th of 51

$2,692

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.