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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

Ohio 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?

$2,399

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,399 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 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 8 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$1,738$1,479 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$3,715 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $9,772
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $6,166professional $1,738

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
$2,398.83
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,884.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,019.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 22nd of 51

$2,399

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.