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Procedure price report · Tracheostomy, temporary and permanent

Long-term tracheostomy with skin flaps

CPT 31610the billing code this page is about

Surgery creating a permanent windowed opening into the windpipe, using skin flaps to line the stoma.

Hospitals typically charge $3,120 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 340 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,620. Most fall between $1,332 and $7,158 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
340
States
42
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 340 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,052$1,479$3,120$6,936$11,934

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,052 vs $11,934).

How the prices are spread

$685 – $913: 11 hospitals$685$913 – $1,216: 23 hospitals$1,216 – $1,620: 53 hospitals$1,216$1,620 – $2,158: 26 hospitals$2,158 – $2,875: 36 hospitals$2,158$2,875 – $3,830: 13 hospitals$3,830 – $5,102: 52 hospitals$3,830$5,102 – $6,796: 25 hospitals$6,796 – $9,054: 32 hospitals$6,796$9,054 – $12,061: 38 hospitals$9,054median $3,120price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (309 of 340 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$685$91311
$913$1,21623
$1,216$1,62053
$1,620$2,15826
$2,158$2,87536
$2,875$3,83013
$3,830$5,10252
$5,102$6,79625
$6,796$9,05432
$9,054$12,06138

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$3,120
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.52×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,120.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,721 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,721Wisconsin: median $4,557 across 13 hospitalsWI$4,557Michigan: median $1,332 across 26 hospitalsMI$1,332New York: median $7,000 across 32 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,743 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,743Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,351 across 17 hospitalsIA$2,351Indiana: median $12,938 across 17 hospitalsIN$12,938Ohio: median $3,120 across 13 hospitalsOH$3,120Pennsylvania: median $1,304 across 19 hospitalsPA$1,304New Jersey: median $6,311 across 24 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $11,934 across 34 hospitalsCA$11,934Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,564 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,564Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,015 across 18 hospitalsTX$5,015Florida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,120. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Indiana IN17$12,938+315%$1,052 – $17,163
California CA34$11,934+282%$5,042 – $11,934
New York NY32$7,000+124%$1,312 – $7,390
New Jersey NJ24$6,311+102%$4,627 – $6,839
Texas TX18$5,015+61%$5,015 – $5,015
Wisconsin WI13$4,557+46%$4,557 – $4,557
Ohio OH13$3,1200%$1,480 – $6,383
Iowa IA17$2,351−25%$1,458 – $2,351
Oregon OR10$1,743−44%$1,743 – $1,826
Illinois IL12$1,721−45%$1,052 – $2,740
Oklahoma OK13$1,564−50%$1,564 – $12,061
Michigan MI26$1,332−57%$1,276 – $4,557
Pennsylvania PA19$1,304−58%$583 – $10,001
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,120.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care280$3,939$1,332 – $7,402
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access52$2,233$1,276 – $5,015
Ownership
For-profit25$3,212$1,052 – $8,540
Government36$1,970$1,465 – $7,000
Non-profit278$3,939$1,332 – $7,659
System affiliation
Part of a system290$4,232$1,332 – $7,402
Independent50$1,716$1,153 – $3,908

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,007
Median cash price$3,120
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

230 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,351 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,157; most fall between $1,304 and $7,180.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 230 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,052$1,409$2,351$5,015$11,934

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,052 vs $11,934).

Of the 252 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 230 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

340 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 371 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted340
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here23
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code371

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Tracheostomy, temporary and permanent family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Tracheostomy Fenestration W/Skin Flaps.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Long-term tracheostomy with skin flaps (CPT 31610) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-31610-long-term-tracheostomy-with-skin-flaps