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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 October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $617 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$50.12 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$324 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $151 to $2,239Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $49 to $7,079
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $617professional $50

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,288.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$812.83

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 30th of 51

$603

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.