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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Iowa 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?

$3,388

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $6,026.

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 $4,266 · 10th to 90th $295 to $8,913Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $151 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $331

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
$295.12
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 21st of 50

$3,388

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.