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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 October 2026.

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

$3,179

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,179 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$224 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$955 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $331 to $8,318Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $162 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $295

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
$288.40
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$3,179

$295 physician + $2,884 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.