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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

New Hampshire 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?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 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 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$2,512$1,660 to $3,090
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$5,012 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $15,849Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $4,074
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $2,512

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
$100.00
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$15,848.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 19th of 51

$2,570

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.