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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

Hawaii 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?

$1,778

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,122 to $2,291.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $6,026Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,399
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $6,026professional $1,660

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
$2,570.40
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,754.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Hawaii 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.

Hawaii· 46th of 51

$1,778

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.