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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Nebraska 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 Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,026 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,236 to $8,913.

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 $7,413 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $13,804Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $490 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,413professional $525

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$19,498.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$11,481.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 10th 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.