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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Massachusetts 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?

$2,239

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $3,311.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,129Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $54 to $54
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $54

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,128.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 29th of 50

$2,239

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.