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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Idaho 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?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $617 to $12,882.

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 $4,467 · 10th to 90th $324 to $17,783
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$17,782.79
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$22,387.21
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$18,197.01

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 18th of 50

$4,467

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.