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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

North Carolina 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?

$4,074

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $282 to $6,761.

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 $4,074 · 10th to 90th $158 to $7,244
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,074

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
$158.49
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 50

$4,074

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.