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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

Iowa 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?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,344 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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 7 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$2,344$1,905 to $4,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$4,677 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,291 to $13,490Professionalmedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $9,772
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $2,344

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
$2,290.87
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,128.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,677.35
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 7th of 51

$3,802

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.