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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

West Virginia 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?

$1,703

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,703 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$155 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,259 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $537 to $4,571Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $129 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $224

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$158.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11

Where West Virginia 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

West Virginia· 44th of 51

$1,703

$224 physician + $1,479 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.