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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

New Hampshire 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?

$2,737

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,737 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$219 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,778 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $6,166Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $155 to $537
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $282

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$537.03
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 19th of 51

$2,737

$282 physician + $2,455 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.