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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Ohio 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?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,630 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 8 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$2,630$933 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,089 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $0 to $12,589
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $2,630

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
$1,380.38
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60,255.96
Median
$72,443.60
Typical High
$79,432.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$60.26
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 14th of 50

$3,467

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.