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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Arizona rates for HCPCS 31631

Passes a scope into the windpipe, stretches open a narrowed section, and leaves a stent in place to hold it open. It is used when scarring, pressure from outside, or a tumor has squeezed the airway and made breathing difficult. Relief of breathlessness is usually immediate.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent cost?

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,042 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $617 to $6,761
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,311

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
$1,584.89
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 134.9 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.

Arizona· 28th of 50

$3,311

DE $30,200WV $224

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.