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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

West Virginia 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?

$1,821

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,821 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$200$138 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$1,413 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $537 to $10,471Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $115 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $200

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$870.96
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 39th of 51

$1,821

$200 physician + $1,622 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.