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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

California 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?

$5,888

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,890 to $8,710.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $13,804Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $195 to $479
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $245

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
$2,398.83
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where California 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.

California· 13th of 50

$5,888

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.