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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $468 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 6 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$468$105 to $1,585
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,413 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $537 to $8,318Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $26 to $64,565
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $468

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
$758.58
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$1,584.89
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54,954.09
Median
$64,565.42
Typical High
$64,565.42
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 27th of 50

$2,399

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.