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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Missouri 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?

$724

Typical facility fee. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $251 to $1,905.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $135 to $3,890Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $78 to $1,698
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $81

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 21st of 51

$724

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.