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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Washington 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?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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 7 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$1,318$60.26 to $3,802
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$661 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $490 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $50 to $7,244
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,738professional $1,318

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$28,183.83
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,096.48
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 33rd of 50

$1,738

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.