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Voice Box Reconstruction For A Narrowed Airway

Iowa 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?

$4,169

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,169 to $5,248.

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 $2,042 to $26,303Professionalmedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $9,772
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,482professional $4,169

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,248.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$9,772.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 16th of 28

$4,169

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.