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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

North Dakota 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?

$1,777

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,777 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$263$219 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$141 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $141 to $2,630Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $148 to $339
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $263

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 44th of 51

$1,777

$263 physician + $1,514 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.