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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Idaho 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?

$2,484

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,484 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$200 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,445 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $347 to $8,511Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $158 to $347
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $245

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
$245.47
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$6,456.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$6,760.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
18 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
$79.43
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$37.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$2,484

$245 physician + $2,239 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.