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Reconstructive Surgery On The Voice Box

Delaware rates for HCPCS 31587

An operation through an incision in the neck that rebuilds the cartilage framework of the voice box to open up a narrowed airway. It is done when scarring or a malformation is making breathing through the throat difficult.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Reconstructive Surgery On The Voice Box cost?

$1,349

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,349 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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$1,175$1,000 to $1,413
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,698 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $5,754Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $1,175

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Delaware· 40th of 51

$1,349

AK $4,898TX $759

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.