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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Mississippi 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $646 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$39.81 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$457 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,820Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $21 to $162
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $162

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
$501.19
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 46th of 50

$631

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.