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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Indiana 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?

$19,055

Typical facility fee. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19,055 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $5,129 to $26,915.

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 $19,055 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $30,903
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $19,055

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
$323.59
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$33,113.11
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$19,055

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.