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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Oklahoma 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?

$2,625

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,625 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$170$155 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,380 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $229 to $5,754Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,995
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $170

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
$204.17
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$3,890.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$229.09

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 20th of 51

$2,625

$170 physician + $2,455 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.