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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Indiana 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?

$4,190

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,190 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$166 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$1,738 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $692 to $14,125Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $141 to $309
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $209

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
$158.49
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
5 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
$77.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.20

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$4,190

$209 physician + $3,981 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.