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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 October 2026.

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

$4,898

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,898 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,248 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5,248$3,981 to $6,607
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$3,467 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $8,710Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,162 to $8,710
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $5,248

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$26,302.68
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 29

$4,898

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.