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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Texas 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$759$759 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$182 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $120 to $3,311Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $30 to $2,754
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $309professional $759

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
$812.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$12,302.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 41st of 51

$355

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.