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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Alaska rates for HCPCS 31528

A scope is passed through the mouth into the voice box so the surgeon can look at it directly and widen a narrowed part of the airway, stretching it with a dilator or a balloon. It relieves noisy or difficult breathing and a weak voice caused by scarring or narrowing. This covers the first such stretching; repeat sessions are billed separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing cost?

$4,466

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,466 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$263 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,630 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $9,772Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $162 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $575

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
$691.83
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$478.63
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$891.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$13,489.63
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$954.99

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 14.3 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 4th of 51

$4,466

$575 physician + $3,890 facility

CO $6,102MT $428

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.