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Voice Box Widening With Cartilage Graft

Wyoming 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?

$4,074

Typical physician fee. In Wyoming, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,388 to $4,898.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $5,129 to $18,621Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $4,898
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $12,023professional $4,074

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Wyoming 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.

Wyoming· 5th of 51

$4,074

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.