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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Nevada 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?

$2,417

Typical total for the visit. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,417 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$178$158 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,288 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,129Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $138 to $275
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $178

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
$177.83
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$204.17
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$269.15
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.78

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 24th of 51

$2,417

$178 physician + $2,239 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.