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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Texas 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?

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,778 to $6,918.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $490 to $13,183
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715

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
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,471.29

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 22nd of 50

$3,715

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.