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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Montana 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?

$282

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $275 to $309.

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 $282 · 10th to 90th $275 to $10,233
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0K$50.0Kfacility $282

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
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Montana 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.

Montana $282 · 46th 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.