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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

Arizona rates for HCPCS 31551

Rebuilds a voice box that has narrowed, so air can pass freely again. The surgeon opens the framework of the voice box, widens it, and holds the larger shape with a piece of the patient's own cartilage set into the gap while everything heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft cost?

$2,239

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,698 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,698$1,514 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$3,090 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $4,169
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $1,698

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
$2,238.72
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Arizona· 26th of 51

$2,239

CA $7,943DE $1,514

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.