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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 July 2026.

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

$3,388

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $437 to $6,026.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $363 to $8,913Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $158 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Iowa· 25th of 50

$3,388

IN $9,333WV $155

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.