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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Louisiana 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?

$380

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $110 to $1,148.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $95 to $2,399Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $58 to $3,715
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $59

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 39th of 51

$380

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.