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Voice Box Reconstruction For A Narrowed Airway

Minnesota 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?

$5,495

Typical physician fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,169 to $7,244.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $13,804Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $7,586
$5K$10Kfacility $6,457professional $5,012

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,511.38
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$13,803.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 10th of 28

$5,495

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.