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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Montana 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?

$389

Typical facility fee. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $398.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $380 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $389

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$14,454.40

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 47th of 50

$389

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.