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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 July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure cost?

$1,288

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $661 to $2,692.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $339 to $3,467Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $1,175

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
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$58.88

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 38.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Wyoming. 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 50

$1,288

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.