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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

South Dakota 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 South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,818 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 7 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$2,818$1,622 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,042 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $4,898Professionalmedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $4,467
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $2,818

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$11,481.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,168.69
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 14th 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.