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Voice Box Exam With Stretching Of A Narrowing

Wyoming 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?

$4,297

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,297 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$263 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$3,020 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $4,169Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $229 to $457
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $316

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
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$575.44

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 5th of 51

$4,297

$316 physician + $3,981 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.