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Open Surgery To Remove A Voice Box Tumor

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 31300

This surgery removes a tumor from the larynx, commonly known as the voice box, through an incision made directly into the neck and the larynx itself. It gives the surgeon direct access to remove a growth that cannot be reached or fully removed using a scope alone. It is a more invasive approach reserved for tumors that need open surgical access.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Surgery To Remove A Voice Box Tumor cost?

$3,733

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,733 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,995$1,479 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,230 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $891 to $5,012Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $8,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,248.07
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,905.46
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,096.48
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Massachusetts· 30th of 51

$3,733

$1,995 physician + $1,738 facility

AK $8,931DE $2,772

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.