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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Hawaii 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?

$1,437

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,437 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$178$151 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,096 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $977 to $3,890Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $24 to $4,169
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $178

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
$933.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 49th of 51

$1,437

$178 physician + $1,259 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.