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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Michigan 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?

$1,964

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,964 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$186$158 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,202 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,715Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $120 to $204
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $186

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
$186.21
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$501.19
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
10 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
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.95
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 32nd of 51

$1,964

$186 physician + $1,778 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.