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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Wisconsin 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?

$11,482

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,482 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,166 from a physician practice, and about $12,882 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 9 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$6,166$4,677 to $6,166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,882$5,248 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $26,915Professionalmedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $85 to $6,166
$100$1K$10Kfacility $12,882professional $6,166

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
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$30,199.52
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Quartz
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
$954.99
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 1st of 50

$11,482

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.