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Airway Scope With Widening of a Narrowed Airway

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 31630

A scope is passed through the mouth or nose into the windpipe and breathing tubes so the surgeon can see inside. A narrowed section is stretched open with a balloon or dilator, or a broken airway is put back into position, all through the scope rather than by opening the chest or neck.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Airway Scope With Widening of a Narrowed Airway cost?

$2,042

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,042 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $316 to $5,012.

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 $2,042 · 10th to 90th $195 to $7,244
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$16,982.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 44.7 times more in Delaware than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 37th of 50

$2,042

DE $8,710WV $195

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.