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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Minnesota 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?

$1,096

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $4,898.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $295 to $10,965
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,096

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
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 44th of 50

$1,096

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.