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Voice Box Removal With Neck Gland Clearance

Iowa rates for HCPCS 31365

Removes the entire voice box together with a thorough clearance of the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue in the neck. Because the airway is separated from the mouth and throat, breathing is permanently redirected through an opening in the front of the neck. It is done for cancer of the voice box that has spread to the neck glands.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Voice Box Removal With Neck Gland Clearance cost?

$8,268

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,268 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,248 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,248$3,715 to $6,457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,514 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,079Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $7,762
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $5,248

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
$3,715.35
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,244.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$18,620.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,918.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,128.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Maine than in Texas. 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$8,268

$5,248 physician + $3,020 facility

ME $30,383TX $2,586

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.