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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Iowa rates for HCPCS 31529

A scope is passed into the voice box, and the windpipe below it when needed, and a narrowed section of the airway is stretched open with a balloon or dilator. It is used when scarring or swelling has tightened the airway, causing noisy or difficult breathing or a weak voice. This is a repeat stretching, carried out after an earlier one.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway cost?

$3,275

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,275 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$324$257 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,047 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,511Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $182 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $324

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
$602.56
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$323.59

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 13.0 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$3,275

$324 physician + $2,951 facility

CO $6,260MT $480

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.