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Dividing a Vessel Ring Around the Windpipe

Alaska rates for HCPCS 33803

Surgery to relieve pressure on the windpipe and swallowing tube caused by a blood vessel that has formed a ring around them. The vessel is divided to open the ring and is then rejoined so that blood flow continues along its proper path.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dividing a Vessel Ring Around the Windpipe cost?

$4,074

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 6 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$4,074$1,820 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,445 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $12,023Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $7,762
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $4,074

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
$3,388.44
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,890.45
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,912.51
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,456.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,912.51
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$12,022.64

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$4,074

CA $10,233WV $1,259

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.