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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Kentucky 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $457 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$44.67 to $66,069
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$115 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $62 to $4,677Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $45 to $85,114
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $457professional $45

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
$398.11
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,220.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81,283.05
Median
$81,283.05
Typical High
$81,283.05
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$79,432.82
Typical High
$100,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 38th of 51

$417

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.