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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Oklahoma 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?

$2,702

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,702 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 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$191$174 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,479 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,754Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,660
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $191

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$3,890.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 20th of 51

$2,702

$191 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.