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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Florida 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?

$1,949

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,949 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$129$105 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,047 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $759 to $11,749Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $89 to $245
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $129

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$275.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88

Where Florida 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

Florida· 34th of 51

$1,949

$129 physician + $1,820 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.