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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

New York 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?

$2,884

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 9 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$1,820$1,380 to $2,692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,020 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $4,571
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $1,820

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
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,801.89
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$12,302.69
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,606.93
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,011.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$53,703.18
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,011.87
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,089.30
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where New York 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 York· 15th of 51

$2,884

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.