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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Illinois 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?

$1,622

Typical facility fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $513 to $4,074.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $302 to $6,457Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $170 to $912
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,862professional $269

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
$199.53
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Illinois $1,622 · 40th of 50
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.