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Repeat Stretching of the Voice Box Airway

Wyoming 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?

$4,361

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,361 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$380$288 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$3,020 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $4,169Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $275 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $380

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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 5th of 51

$4,361

$380 physician + $3,981 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.