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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Kansas 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 Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,820 to $5,495.

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 $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,413
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,388

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
$1,737.80
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas $3,388 · 26th 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.