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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 July 2026.

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

$11,220

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,220 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7,762 to $14,125.

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 $11,482 · 10th to 90th $6,607 to $17,783Professionalmedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $7,586 to $9,772
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,482professional $8,511

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,120.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$42,657.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where California sits

The same service costs 1412.5 times more in Texas 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· 2nd of 28

$11,220

TX $42,658SC $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.