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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

New Mexico 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?

$2,741

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,741 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$229$182 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,413 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $776 to $10,471Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $132 to $309
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $229

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,022.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 18th of 51

$2,741

$229 physician + $2,512 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.