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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

Idaho 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?

$2,512

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,291 from a physician practice, and about $6,457 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 8 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$2,291$2,138 to $3,090
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,457$3,548 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $17,783Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $3,802
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $2,291

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
$4,365.16
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,786.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$19,054.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,311.31
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$15,135.61
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 20th of 51

$2,512

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.