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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Ohio 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?

$1,986

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,986 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$158 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$851 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $537 to $7,586Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $138 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $166

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
$446.68
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$4,365.16
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$389.05
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,047.13
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$69.18

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 33rd of 51

$1,986

$166 physician + $1,820 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.