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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

Illinois 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?

$2,291

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 6 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$1,862$1,514 to $2,630
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,820 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $3,715
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,862

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
$1,258.93
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 25th of 51

$2,291

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.