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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Virginia 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?

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $339 to $7,079.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $257 to $11,220Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $195 to $525
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $257

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
$257.04
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$17,782.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$17,782.79

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 26th of 50

$3,467

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.