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Voice Box Reconstruction For A Narrowed Airway

California rates for HCPCS 31582

Open surgery to rebuild and widen a voice box that has narrowed to the point of making breathing difficult. The surgeon reshapes the airway and holds the new shape with a support such as a graft or a temporary internal mold, and a temporary breathing opening in the neck is created as part of the operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Voice Box Reconstruction For A Narrowed Airway cost?

$9,772

Typical physician fee. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,772 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $8,511 to $9,772.

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 $6,457 to $21,380Professionalmedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $8,511 to $9,772
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $9,772

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,265.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where California sits

The same service costs 323.6 times more in Oklahoma than in South Carolina. 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.

California· 5th of 29

$9,772

OK $9,772SC $30.20

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.