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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Montana 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?

$428

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $428 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$141 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$214 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $209 to $2,754Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $79 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $214professional $214

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$428

$214 physician + $214 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.