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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Illinois 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?

$2,936

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,936 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$162 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,585 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $708 to $5,754Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $141 to $302
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $182

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
$177.83
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$323.59
5 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
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 15th of 51

$2,936

$182 physician + $2,754 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.