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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

New York 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?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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 7 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$1,660$676 to $6,166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$2,570 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $398 to $10,233
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $1,660

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
$1,698.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.10
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.10

Where New York 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.

New York· 11th of 50

$3,715

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.