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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 October 2026.

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

$2,508

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,508 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$269$224 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,479 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $759 to $8,511Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $178 to $389
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $269

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$6,025.60
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
18 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$40.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$2,508

$269 physician + $2,239 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.