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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Minnesota 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?

$646

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $4,898.

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 $646 · 10th to 90th $324 to $10,965
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $646

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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,982.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $646 · 44th 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.