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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Idaho 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?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $7,244.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $224 to $9,772
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,772.37
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 14th of 50

$4,467

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.