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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 October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure cost?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,754 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,754$4,266 to $6,166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$708 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $437 to $7,244Professionalmedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $398 to $7,244
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $5,754

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
$1,737.80
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.10
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.10
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
$3,630.78
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96

Where New York 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.

New York· 5th of 51

$2,630

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.