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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Washington 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 July 2026.

How much does Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway cost?

$3,020

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $347 to $9,120.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $229 to $14,791
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,020

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$17,782.79
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$20,417.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$9,332.54
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$323.59
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$218.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$21,379.62

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 60.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Washington $3,020 · 29th of 50
IN $9,333WV $155

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.