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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Utah 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?

$3,818

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,818 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $102 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$102$85.11 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,995 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $170 to $7,943Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $76 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $102

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
$169.82
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$295.12
5 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
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98

Where Utah 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

Utah· 9th of 51

$3,818

$102 physician + $3,715 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.