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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Arizona 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 July 2026.

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

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,042 to $4,786.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,607
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,090

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
$1,584.89
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 63.1 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Arizona· 24th of 50

$3,090

IN $9,333ND $148

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.