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Widening The Windpipe And Placing A Stent

Washington 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?

$2,818

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $457 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $324 to $21,878
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,818

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
$416.87
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$16,982.44
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$446.68
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$37,153.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$39,810.72

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 33rd of 50

$2,818

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.