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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,631 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$3,631$2,630 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$4,365 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $20,417Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $6,026
$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $8,511professional $3,631

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
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$31,622.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$15,135.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th 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.