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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Minnesota 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?

$1,698

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $676 to $6,761.

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 $1,698 · 10th to 90th $447 to $20,893
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,698

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
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$31,622.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$18,197.01

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 39th of 50

$1,698

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.