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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

New Mexico 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?

$7,586

Typical facility fee. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,586 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,380 to $10,715.

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 $7,586 · 10th to 90th $331 to $14,454
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586

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
$316.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$14,791.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$30,902.95

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 8th of 50

$7,586

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.