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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Colorado 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?

$12,023

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,023 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,129 to $19,055.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $28,840Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,023professional $282

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$33,113.11
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 5th of 50

$12,023

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.