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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Nebraska 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?

$2,722

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,722 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$324$257 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,585 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,128Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,995
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $324

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
$288.40
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 16th of 51

$2,722

$324 physician + $2,399 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.