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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

North Dakota 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?

$1,809

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,809 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$295$240 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$158 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $158 to $2,630Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $166 to $372
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $295

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$158.49
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 42nd of 51

$1,809

$295 physician + $1,514 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.