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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Tennessee 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?

$1,380

Typical facility fee. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $813 to $2,455.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,981Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $7,079
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $2,818

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
$602.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 37th of 50

$1,380

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.