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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

South Carolina 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?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $12,023 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$1,862$1,514 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12,023$5,754 to $17,378

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,818
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $1,862

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
$1,862.09
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$1,862

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.