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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Nevada 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?

$2,239

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,660 to $4,786.

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 $2,239 · 10th to 90th $234 to $10,233Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $3 to $347
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $234

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
$234.42
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,786.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 36th of 50

$2,239

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.