No office rate
Both describe tracheoplasty, but 31750 is for the cervical trachea and 31760 is for the intrathoracic trachea.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
31750 Tracheoplasty Medicare reimbursement rates in Illinois
Cervical tracheoplasty reports operative repair of the neck portion of the trachea, such as correction of a structural problem or narrowing. Compare 31750 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Illinois.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 31750 in Illinois?
Illinois has 4 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 4 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$1232.89–$1354.82
4 of 4 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Where 31750 pays more and less in Illinois
Thoracic surgery
About 31750: Cervical tracheal repair
Cervical tracheoplasty reports operative repair of the neck portion of the trachea, such as correction of a structural problem or narrowing.
Cervical tracheoplasty is an operation to repair or reshape the portion of the trachea in the neck. It may be performed for a structural abnormality or narrowing that requires surgical correction. Thoracic or otolaryngologic surgeons typically perform the procedure in an operating room. The operative report should identify the treated tracheal segment and describe the repair performed; the cervical location distinguishes this service from intrathoracic tracheoplasty.
Report the code when the operative work is cervical tracheoplasty, rather than a different procedure such as tracheal reconstruction. The code has a 90-day global period, which includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. For multiple procedures in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation. Team surgery is not permitted, and modifier 50 is inappropriate for this anatomy.
CMS billing rules for 31750
- Global period
- Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU15.01 · 40%
- Practice expense (office) RVU20.00 · 54%
- Malpractice RVU2.33 · 6%
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This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
31750 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Illinois, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
31750 describes cervical tracheoplasty; 31780 describes cervical tracheal reconstruction. Choose based on the operation documented, not location alone.
No office rate
31781 describes intrathoracic tracheal reconstruction. For 31750, the repair is tracheoplasty in the cervical segment.
Compare 31750 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
4 of 4 payment localities
Chicago →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1354.82
East St. Louis →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1272.66
Rest Of Illinois →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1232.89
Suburban Chicago →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1328.82
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31750 billing questions
How is cervical tracheoplasty distinguished from intrathoracic tracheoplasty?
Use 31750 for repair of the cervical portion of the trachea. Code 31760 describes tracheoplasty in the intrathoracic portion.
How does 31750 differ from tracheal reconstruction?
Select the code that reflects the documented operative procedure. Code 31780 is for cervical tracheal reconstruction; review the operative report to distinguish reconstruction from tracheoplasty.
What postoperative care is included?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
Should modifier 50 be appended for a bilateral service?
No. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code because the descriptor and anatomy do not support a bilateral adjustment.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be reported?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted.
How are other procedures in the same session paid?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures in the session are subject to the standard multiple-procedure reduction.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
3,66431720,,Clearance of airways,A,,1.03,0.24,NA,0.24,,0.09,1.36,1.36,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,66531725,,Clearance of airways,A,,1.67,0.30,NA,0.30,,0.14,2.11,2.11,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,66631730,,Intro windpipe wire/tube,A,,2.78,31.85,,0.66,,0.55,35.18,3.99,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,66731750,,Tracheoplasty cervical,A,,15.01,20.00,NA,20.00,,2.33,37.34,37.34,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,66831755,,Trachplsty trchphryngl fstlj,A,,17.10,28.11,NA,28.11,,2.50,47.71,47.71,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,66931760,,Tracheoplasty intrathoracic,A,,22.89,10.70,NA,10.70,,5.75,39.34,39.34,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
3,67031766,,Carinal reconstruction,A,,30.88,11.31,NA,11.31,,7.77,49.96,49.96,0,090,0.10,0.76,0.14,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00