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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Florida 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?

$6,026

Typical facility fee. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,026 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,344 to $10,471.

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 $6,026 · 10th to 90th $891 to $13,804
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,026

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
$812.83
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,964.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 12th of 50

$6,026

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.