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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Oregon 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?

$545

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $545 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$209 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$257 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,623Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $135 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $282professional $263

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
$257.04
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$14,454.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$545

$263 physician + $282 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.