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Airway Stent in an Additional Main Airway

Maryland rates for HCPCS 31637

Places a stent — a short tube that props an airway open — into a further main airway during the same examination with a scope passed through the mouth or nose. Stretching the airway open as needed is part of the service. It is billed in addition to the first airway stented.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Airway Stent in an Additional Main Airway cost?

$81.28

Typical facility fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 to $97.72.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $72 to $129Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $69 to $132
$100facility $85professional $81

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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 70.8 times more in New Jersey 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.

Maryland· 47th of 49

$81.28

NJ $5,370WV $75.86

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.