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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

Indiana 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?

$2,089

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $15,136 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$1,514$1,380 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15,136$8,913 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15,136 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,188
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $15,136professional $1,514

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
$1,380.38
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$16,218.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 31st of 51

$2,089

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.